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Indian Wells: Iga Swiatek and returning Angelique Kerber through to third round

World number one Iga Swiatek is through to the third round at Indian Wells, while Germany's Angelique Kerber continued her comeback with success.

Poland's Swiatek beat Danielle Collins 6-3 6-0, having broken the American's serve to make it 5-3 before breezing through the second set.

Kerber, 36, recovered to beat Latvia's 10th seed Jelena Ostapenko 5-7 6-3 6-3.

It was just her third win since the former world number one gave birth to a first child just over a year ago.

Three-time Grand Slam winner Kerber reached the top of the world rankings in 2016, but is currently ranked 607 as this is just her fourth event since returning to the WTA Tour at the end of December.