Coco Gauff and Maria Sakkari had split their eight prior matches. Additionally, their third-round match would be their third consecutive meeting in the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. The 3-seed Gauff defeated Sakkari in an uneven two-set match: 7-6(1),

Coco Gauff returns to action in the third round of Indian Wells on Monday, where she'll take on a familiar face who had an agry run-in with one of her best on-court friends