Tennis: Muguruza advances to meeting with wild card Day
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Garbine Muguruza of Spain hits a backhand in her straight set win over Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium.
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INDIAN WELLS, United States (AFP) - Seventh-seeded French Open champion Garbine Muguruza moved smoothly into the third round at Indian Wells on Friday (March 10), downing Belgian Kirsten Flipkens 6-2, 6-3.
Spain's Muguruza advanced to a meeting with US wildcard Kayla Day, who ousted Australian Open semi-finalist Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
Day, at 17 the youngest woman in the main draw, toppled the 32nd-seeded Lucic-Baroni who at 35 was the third-oldest player in the field behind Venus Williams and Francesca Schiavone, both 36.
