Canada’s Bianca Andreescu beats Dominika Cibulkova to reach third round

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Canada’s Bianca Andreescu is into the third round at the BNP Paribas Open.

Andreescu kept up her recent run of success by beating Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 in second-round action on Friday at the Masters-level tennis tournament.

The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., toppled the 35th-ranked Cibulkova at Indian Wells in one hour 23 minutes to improve her record to 23-3 on the season.

She will face Stefanie Voegele in the next round after the Swiss upset American Sloane Stephens in second-round play.

Andreescu moved up to No. 60 in the world rankings on Monday after reaching the semifinals at the Mexico Open last week.

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She won her first career WTA 125 Series event last month in Newport Beach, Calif., and is currently 15th in the Tour’s overall points race.

The teen was a distant No. 152 at the start of the season.

The Canadian Press