Elise Mertens Maintains Strong Standings in Indian Wells: Singles Clash with Osaka and Doubles Quarter-Finals

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Elise Mertens has qualified for the quarter-finals of the doubles at the WTA 1,000 tournament in Indian Wells alongside her regular doubles partner Su-Wei Hsieh.

Mertens and the Taiwanese Hsieh defeated the Japanese Miyu Kato and the Indonesian Aldila Sutjiadi in their second round (eighth final) in two sets (6-3 and 7-6).

Mertens and Hsieh, numbers one and two in the doubles ranking since their victory at the Australian Open, are the first seed on the hard court in California. In the semi-finals they will meet the Norwegian-Chinese duo Ulrikke Eikeri/Hanyu Guo or the Dutch-Brazilian duo Demi Schuurs/Luisa Stefani, the sixth seed.

Mertens can place himself on the honors list for a third time in Indian Wells. In 2019 she won the tournament alongside the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, and in 2021 she won the tournament for the first time with Hsieh.

In the singles, Elise Mertens (WTA 28) qualified for the third round on Saturday thanks to a victory in two sets (6-1 and 6-4) against the Chinese Xinyu Wang (WTA 42). She will compete against Japanese former number 1 in the world Naomi Osaka (WTA 287).

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Greet Minnen was eliminated in the doubles in the first round alongside the Romanian Monica Niculescu (6-3, 5-7, 11-9) against the Americans Caroline Dolehide and Desirae Krawczyk. Minnen also bowed out in the singles in the first round with a 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) defeat to the Czech Katerina Siniakova (WTA 41).

Sander Gillé and Joran Vliegen have also qualified for the next round in doubles. The Limburgers surprised the Indian Rohan Bopanna and the Australian Matthew Ebden, the top seeds in California, in three sets (7-6, 4-6 and 10-8).

In the second round (eighth finals), Gillé and Vliegen will face the French Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. In their first round, they defeated the Spanish-German duo Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Andreas Mies in an exciting super tiebreak (2-6, 6-2 and 11/9).

Gillé and Vliegen are the only Belgian representatives in Indian Wells for the men. In the singles, qualifying player David Goffin (ATP 112) lost in the first round against the Scot Andy Murray (ATP 61), the former number one in the world.

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