Emma Raducanu earned a 6-2 6-3 win towards qualifier Rebeka Masarova within the first spherical at Indian Wells.
The 21-year-old Briton broke the Spaniard’s serve twice to go 3-0 up, however a 3rd double fault from Raducanu allowed Masarova to tug a sport again.
Raducanu went 0-40 down when 5-2 in entrance however recovered to serve out for the primary set in 43 minutes.
She struggled on her serve at instances however gained the second set to e book a gathering with Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska.
Raducanu served eight double faults and had a primary serve proportion of 51.9%, however the 21-year-old was helped by some spectacular floor strokes and a lot of errors from Masarova, who’s 96 on the planet.
“It was tremendous essential for me to get by means of that,” stated Raducanu, whose rating has dropped to 250 an eight-month absence from the tour by means of harm.
“It is one of many trickiest tournaments conditions-wise to play in as a result of it varies a lot.
“I handled that basically nicely and overcame a extremely powerful opponent.”
Raducanu, who reached the fourth spherical at Indian Wells final yr, wanted 4 match factors to beat Masarova and arrange the second-round tie towards Yastremska, who’s ranked thirty first on the planet.