Olena Ostapenko advanced to the third round of the tournament in Indian Wells after beating Oleksandra Sasnovich in three sets on Friday.

Olena Ostapenko in the third round in Indian Wells

The winner of Roland Garros-2017 won the first set with a score of 7-5, taking advantage of three lost services by the Belarusian player.

Also, after three lost sets, Ostapenko Sasnovych took the upper hand in the second set with a score of 6-3.

In the third set, Olena Ostapenko did not give many chances to the player, who is ranked 44th in the world, and won with a score of 6-2.

The match lasted two hours and seven minutes.

In the next round, the Latvian will meet the winner of Petra Kvitova (15 WTA) and Elizabeth Mandlik (155 WTA).

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.