Tennis: Karolína Plíšková advances to quarter-finals at Indian Wells

In tennis, Karolína Plíšková has advanced to the quarter-finals at the Indian Wells Masters Series for the first time in her career, after beating Britain’s Johanna Kontao 7:6, 3:6, 6:3. The Czech world number 19 will face Russia’s Daria Kasatkina in the next round. Another Czech, Barbora Strýcová, was forced to retire from the match with Romania’s Simona Halep due to illness, when she was losing 3:6, 0:1.

Author: Ruth Fraňková