China's Wang Xinyu advances to Indian Wells second round
INDIAN WELLS, California, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Wang Xinyu progressed to the second round of WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells on Wednesday with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Egypt's Mayar Sherif.
Wang won 81 percent of her first-serve points and converted four of eight break points to prevail in two hours and three minutes.
The 23-year-old's next opponent will be Latvia's world No. 26 Jelena Ostapenko, who