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Eight third round matches are scheduled on day five at WTA Indian Wells with several star names set to take to the court in ‘tennis paradise’. As ever, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for every match on the slate – including Iga Swiatek vs Dayana Yastremska – but who will book their spot in the fourth round?

Elena Rybakina, the 2023 BNP Paribas Open champion and seventh seed in this year's event, didn't have to sweat too much in her first match in a drive for another Indian Wells title. Rybakina cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Netherlands' Suzan Lamens. Rybakina, from Kazakhstan, took advantage of six double faults by Lamens.

Elena Rybakina has started her Indian Wells run with a routine 6-3 6-3 victory over Suzan Lamens and that is the seventh consecutive win in the desert for the Kazakh tennis star.

Elena Rybakina faces Katie Boulter for a chance to progress in Indian Wells Open. It is Kazakh’s first visit to the venue since her title run in 2023.