Kvitova, Kirilenko, Errani, Vinci advance at Indian Wells tournament
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Petra Kvitova, Maria Kirilenko, Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci moved into the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on Friday.
Kvitova, the No. 5 seed, ousted Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, in a match that took 2 hours and 21 minutes and finished with each player having won 110 points.
Kvitova struggled with her serve and her five aces were offset by 10 double faults.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The difference were the two service breaks the 2011 Wimbledon champion got while winning the final three games of the match. She converted 6 of 17 break points to 5 of 16 for Govortsova.
Errani, the No. 7 seed, needed three sets and 2 hours, 2 minutes to defeat Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Kirilenko, of Russia, needed 2 hours, 30 minutes to beat Christina McHale of the U.S. 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. But No. 14 Vinci, of Italy, had an easier time in beating Ksenia Pervak of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Meanwhile, the men's first round continued with Pablo Andujar of Spain outlasting Steve Johnson, a two-time NCAA champion at USC 2-6, 6-1, 6-4, Ivo Karlovic of Croatia having 12 aces in a 3-6, 7-6 (8), 6-2 win over Jack Sock of the U.S. and Albert Ramos of Spain posting a 6-3, 6-3 win over Horacio Zeballos of Argentina.
Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and David Ferrer are among the seeds who will be in action when the men's second round begins Saturday.