Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Andreescu

Bianca Andreescu beats Irina-Camelia Begu at Indian Wells


Wildcard Bianca Andreescu fought past Irina-Camelia Begu to reach the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

The 18-year-old rallied from a set down to prevail 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-3 and claim her first career win at a WTA Premier Mandatory event.

The Canadian, ranked 60th in the world, fell 4-0 behind in the first set but almost stunned her opponent with an incredible fightback to force a tie-break, which eventually went in the Romanian's favour.

Andreescu kept applying the pressure, however, breaking Begu in the first game of the second set, and produced another comeback in the third, cancelling out Begu's 3-1 lead to win the last five games of the match.

Former world number one Victoria Azarenka beat fellow Belarusian Vera Lapko 6-2 6-3 and set up a second-round clash with Serena Williams.

The 29-year-old needed just under 90 minutes to seal the victory, winning 10 games in a row after a nervy start which saw her lose her first service game.

Earlier, Britain's Johanna Konta progressed to the second round after overcoming Pauline Parmentier 6-2 6-3.

The 27-year-old will meet Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan in the next round.

Daria Gavrilova, meanwhile, clinched her first win of the year as she overcame Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska 6-2 5-7 6-2.

But there was disappointment for Mexico Open champion Wang Yafan, who in a repeat of last week's final was beaten by Sofia Kenin 1-6 7-5 6-4.

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