Indian Wells - Fifth seed Karolina Pliskova defeated American Amanda Anisimova 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) in the fourth round of the WTA Indian Wells tournament on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Czech Pliskova blasted four aces and broke Anisimova's serve three times in the one hour, 32 minute match.
Pliskova advances to the quarter-finals where she will play either Naomi Osaka of Japan or unseeded Maria Sakkari.
Results on Tuesday on the seventh day of the ATP and WTA Indian Wells tournament:
Men
3rd rd
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x28) bt Jack Sock (USA x8) 7-6 (8/6), 4-6, 6-4
Sam Querrey (USA x18) bt Yuki Bhambri (IND) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-4
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Milos Raonic (CAN x32) bt Joao Sousa (POR) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x6) bt David Ferrer (ESP x29) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)
Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Taro Daniel (JPN) 6-4, 6-1
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-2, 3-1 retired
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x31) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x2) 6-4, 6-4
Women
4th rd
Simona Halep (ROM x1) bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 7-5, 6-1
Petra Martic (CRO) bt Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Naomi Osaka (JPN) bt Maria Sakkari (GRE) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
Karolna Pliskova (CZE x5) bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/2)
Venus Williams (USA x8) bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT x21) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x27) bt Danielle Collins (USA) 6-2, 6-4
Darya Kasatkina (RUS x20) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x2) 6-4, 7-5