WTA 1000 Indian Wells, Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round

WTA 1000 Indian Wells, Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the second round

Elisabetta Cocciaretto, world number 72, advances to the second round of the Indian Wells WTA 1000 by beating Mexican Renata Zarazua, number 69, who è withdrew after just under an hour when the Marche woman was ahead 6-4 1-0.

Cocciaretto immediately made the break in the second game and going ahead then 3-0 and 4-1, she missed a 5-1 ball and on 4-2 was countered on the third chance after having two balls for 5-2. From 4-4 però Elisabetta won 8 out of 9 points and won the first set.

In the first game of the second set Cocciaretto holds serve at zero but Zarazua, who had already called medical timeout on 5-4, does not move anymore and raises the white flag. In the second round Cocciaretto will find a very difficult obstacle, and that is the Czech Karolina Muchova.