INDIAN WELLS
Halep and Venus into quarters as Wozniacki falls
Indian Wells — World No1 Simona Halep and Venus Williams punched their tickets to the Indian Wells quarterfinals, while Caroline Wozniacki suffered another exit at the hands of Russia’s rising star, Daria Kasatkina. Halep breezed through her fourth-round match with a 7-5 6-1 win over China’s Wang Qiang and eighth-seed Venus Williams faced a stern test from Anastasija Sevastova but held on for a 7-6 (8/6) 6-4 victory. Kasatkina, who has beaten all four reigning Grand Slam champions in the past year, continued her giant-killing form with a 6-4 7-5 shock victory over world No2 Wozniacki. She recorded her second straight win over Wozniacki, having also beaten the Australian Open champion at the St Petersburg tournament in February. "I’m playing my best matches against the best players. But if you want to be on the top, you have to beat the top players," said the Russian. Kasatkina improved to 11-6 on the WTA Tour season as she seeks to better her quarterfinal appearance here in 2016. Sh...
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