Christina MachaleAmerican, number 168 in the WTA, won in two hours and twenty-one minutes by 3-6, 7-5 and 6-4 to Jules NiemeierGerman tennis player, WTA number 109, in the qualifying round of the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. With this result, the winner adds new points to her ranking to participate in the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells.
the tournament of Indian Wells (WTA Indian Wells) has a preliminary access phase in which the tennis players with the lowest ranking have to get the highest possible points to obtain a place in the official tournament. In this particular stage, 48 tennis players face each other. Likewise, it takes place between March 7 and 20 on an outdoor hard court.