Kazakh tennis player Yulia Putintseva has progressed to the third round of a WTA-1000 series tournament. In the 1/32 finals match, Putintseva, ranked 79th in the WTA rankings, defeated Russian player Ekaterina Alexandrova with a score of 7:5, 6:1.
Her next opponent will be the winner of the match between two Americans, Hailey Baptiste and Madison Keys. Meanwhile, fellow Kazakh player Alexander Bublik has also started his campaign in Indian Wells with a convincing victory.