Angelique Kerber survives Pauline Parmentier scare to progress at Indian Wells

Updated 13/03/2017 at 22:07 GMT

Unseeded Pauline Parmentier gave former world no.1 Angelique Kerber a scare on Monday in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

Angelique Kerber beat Pauline Parmentier at Indian Wells

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After holding Kerber to a tie-break in the first set, which was ultimately won by the German after over an hour, Parmentier made six breaks to win the second 6-3.

Having gone 3-4 down in the third, Kerber staged a comeback to beat the Frenchwoman in the tie-break.

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Kerber will now play Russian Elena Vesnina in the fourth round after the 14th seed beat Timea Babos 6-4 1-6 6-4.

BNP Paribas Open 3rd round results

Women’s Singles competition

2-Angelique Kerber (Germany) beat Pauline Parmentier (France) 7-5 3-6 7-5

14-Elena Vesnina (Russia) beat 25-Timea Babos (Hungary) 6-4 1-6 6-4

Lauren Davis (U.S.) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-1 6-4

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