Indian Wells: Katie Boulter beats Irina-Camelia Begu to reach third round

British number one Katie Boulter recovered from a set down to beat Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round at Indian Wells.

The Romanian won the first set in a tie-break but Boulter then took charge to win 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-0 in California.

Boulter, 28, is playing just her third tournament of the year and had a bye in the first round while Begu, ranked 74 in the world, beat Ann Li of the USA.

The Englishwoman will face a much sterner test in the third round when she plays Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina, with the seventh seed having beaten Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands 6-3 6-3.

Boulter has dropped to 38 in the world rankings having not played since being knocked out of the Australian Open second round in January.

Elsewhere, Tunisia’s former world number two Ons Jabeur was beaten 6-3 6-1 by Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska, while there was victory for Yastremska’s compatriot Marta Kostyuk.

The 18th seed beat American Robin Montgomery 6-1 6-3.

Poland’s second seed Iga Swiatek faces France’s Caroline Garcia later on day three of action, before fourth seed and home favourite Jessica Pegula plays another Pole, Magda Linette.