Anastasia Zakharova

But a little bit how we've got sort of two top lopsided draws there.

I think Taga, if she is to come through, she placed Zakharova as her section there.

She's lost four of her last five.

And if you look at Magda Nalet and Soangu, Lynette's lost eight of her last ten.

The lefties just smooth with it, 6-4.

Boskova knocking out lucky loser Zakharova.

But the big storyline, of course, are tour finals.

Now officially set as Karolina Mukhova clinches the final spot in Indian Wells.

Both players win those two matches coming through qualifying, as you also mentioned there.

Sonthes with, uh, straight set wins over Zakharova and Kraush.

And Putintseva, I think she was a set up when she had a retirement win over Elena Gabriela Rousse.

I think she was ahead in that second set as well, and I think she was, uh, quite impressive to my eye, at least anyway, against Assliin Kruger there, taking that match in straight sets as well.

Now let's get to the match.

Her round one opponent was Anastasia Zakharova, an unseeded Russian player, and it was not the night the seeding suggested.

Osaka won seven-six, six, seven-six, three.

Both sets went to tie breaks.

So money for Bencic, I don't really understand that move, because she's hasn't been in great form.

I know she beat Zakharova in round two here, but prior to that she hadn't won a match since Toronto.

So not in the best of form, and Ann Li looked all right.

I thought she's done all right.

Uh, Bencic, she did win three matches in Toronto before having to retire through injury, and she also, also struggled since really.

She had to retire mid-match in Cincinnati, and then she also lost her opening match to Putintseva, as you mentioned there, at the US Open.

She's obviously had a little bit of time off, though, before coming here, just over four weeks now, and then she saw off Zakharova in that first match.

Very comfortable first set, 6-1, but being made to work fairly hard at 7-6 in that second set.