Britain’s Baltacha beats World Number 10 Li at Indian Wells

Britain’s Elena Baltacha pulled off probably the most impressive victory of her career at Indian Wells on Friday. She knocked seventh seed, and world number 10, Na Li out of the tournament in the second round 7-6, 2-6, 7-6. Baltacha looked down and out in the tie break in the final set, but fought back magnificently to beat her opponent, who had reached the semi finals of the Australian Open. She now moves on to play Australian Alicia Molik, ranked 138th in the world. Wild card entrant Molik beat 29th seed Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets. Baltacha could run into either Jie Zheng (18th seed) or Maria Sharapova (10th seed) who go head to head in the third round.

Britain’s Anne Keothavong lost in the first round, while Andy Murray is awaiting to see who his opponent will be in the second round, after receiving a bye as a top seeded player in the first. Follow all of the action from Indian Wells, with Bet365. This excellent online bookmaker is once again providing full live streaming coverage from this premier tennis event.