​Olena Ostapenko, the 24th seed, crashed out of Indian Wells 2023 in the third round as the Latvian lost to Petra Kvitova.

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Olena Ostapenko was eliminated from Indian Wells by Petra Kvitova

Ostapenko started the match strongly and her offensive performance earned her a clean sweep in the first set (6-0).

In the second set, the story repeated itself, but in the opposite direction: Kvitova answered her opponent with a “bagel” (6-0), and the decisive one was declared spectacular.

There were five breaks in the third set (from 4-0 for Kvitova it reached 4-4), it is noted that Petra prevailed three times after returning and won with a score of 6-4 after a tense one-hour game. and 51 minutes.

Two-time Grand Slam winner and 15th seed Kvitova will meet third seed Jessica Pegula in the round of 16 in Indian Wells.

The result of the match between Kvitova and Ostapenko

Indian Wells will be held from March 6-19 on hard and 96 players have started in the two main draws. The contest offers $8,800,000 each for men and women. Titled champions – Taylor Fritz and Iga Svyatek.