AFP, Indian Wells :
Polish third seed Agnieszka Radwanska survived a scare to defeat Slovakian veteran Dominika
Cibulkova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 in her opening Indian Wells match on Friday.
Radwanska struggled at times during the two hour, 41 minute match but she managed to keep intact her record of never having lost in the first round in 10 straight appearances in the WTA and ATP hardcourt event at Indian Wells.
Radwanska, who turned 25 on Sunday, won three tournaments in 2015. She has made the semi-finals in all three tournaments she has played this year, winning the title in Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen was her 18th career WTA singles title.
She finished with six aces, just one double fault and won 56 percent of her first serve points on Friday.
She advances to the third round, where she will face Monica Niculescu, who beat Heather Watson 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.
In other women’s matches on Friday, ninth seed Petra Kvitova needed three sets to beat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5) and Jelena Jankovic dominated Carina Witthoeft 6-1, 6-3.
