Johanna Konta is out of the BNP Paribas Open after Marketa Vondrousova beat her in straight sets.
Konta lost the first set 7-6 (7/5) before losing the second set 6-4 to the 18-year-old.
18-year-old Marketa Vondrousova scored a big upset in the second round of the @BNPPARIBASOPEN, ousting No.11 seed Konta.
HIGHLIGHTS ⬇️⬇️https://t.co/BrfhNQa2bz pic.twitter.com/5ZrbwApSh5
— WTA (@WTA) March 10, 2018
Number three seed Garbine Muguruza has been dumped of the BNP Paribas Open by American qualifier Sachia Vickery 2-6 7-5 6-1.
Ranked No. 100. Heart = ?
“I just tried to fight for every point. The atmosphere really helped me… I can’t believe I won. … This is just the most amazing night of my life” #BNPPO18 pic.twitter.com/wwHQC6AfBU
— BNP Paribas Open (@BNPPARIBASOPEN) March 10, 2018
Muguruza had raced to a 3-0 lead in the second set and looked on course to make it through to the third-round at Indian Wells, but the 22-year-old fought back to win in two hours 11 minutes.
She’s done it!@SachiaVick comes back to defeat Muguruza, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 for the biggest win of her career at @BNPPARIBASOPEN! pic.twitter.com/Fsa6dnAA3r
— WTA (@WTA) March 10, 2018
Meanwhile, ninth-seed Petra Kvitova toiled for more than three hours as she beat Yulia Putintseva 6-7 (7/4) 7-6 (7/3) 6-4.
The Czech struggled on serve, racking up 18 double faults in the second-round match, but eventually saw off her Kazakh opponent to set up a clash with American Amanda Anisimova who beat 23 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4 6-1.
.@Petra_Kvitova when told she just played the longest @WTA main draw match of the year (3h17m):
“Haha. Oh. What an honor.”#BNPPO18 pic.twitter.com/bMVAmpPzx3
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) March 10, 2018
Elise Mertens was beaten 4-6 6-3 6-3 by China’s Qiang Wang.
Top seed Simona Halep made short work of her Czech opponent Kristyna Pliskova in a 6-4 6-4 win in one hour 15 minutes.
