Petra Kvitova rallied to beat Yulia Putintseva 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Friday for her 14th consecutive match victory.
The two-time Wimbledon champion overcame 78 unforced errors and 18 double faults in the 3-hour, 17-minute slugfest. Putintseva smashed her racket on the court on Kvitova's second match point.
Kvitova recently returned to the top 10 for the first time since a December 2016 home invasion and knife attack that caused tendon and nerve damage and required surgery to her left serving hand.
She won the Qatar Open last month and has defeated six top-10 players this year.
Other second-round winners Friday were top-seeded Simona Halep, who defeated Kristyna Pliskova 6-4, 6-4; No. 5 seed Karolina Pliskova, 7-6 (4), 6-1 over Irina-Camelia Begu; No. 6 Jelena Ostapenko, who defeated Belinda Bencic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; No. 17 CoCo Vandeweghe, who beat Kaia Kanepi 6-0, 7-6 (6); Kristina Mladenovic, who beat Samantha Stosur 7-5, 7-5; and Naomi Osaka, who defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-3, 6-2.
Nick Kyrgios withdrew Friday, citing a lingering elbow injury that first occurred in Australia's Davis Cup loss in February. He hasn't played in an ATP match since losing to Grigor Dimitrov at the Australian Open. Last year, Kyrgios upset Novak Djokovic in the fourth round before withdrawing from his match against Roger Federer with what was believed to be food poisoning.
Kyrgios, the 20th seed, was to play a second-round match Saturday against Russia's Daniil Medvedev, but will be replaced by lucky loser Matteo Berrettini.
BNP Paribas Open Results
Gael Monfils, France, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-3, 6-3.
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Ernesto Escobedo, United States, def. Frances Tiafoe, United States, 7-5, 6-3.
Marton Fucsovics, Hungary, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Gilles Simon, France, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (5), 6-3.
Yuki Bhambri, India, def. Nicholas Mahut, France, 7-5, 6-3.
Tennys Sandgren, United States, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 6-3, 2-1 retired.
Alex de Minaur, Australia, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5).
Taro Daniel, Japan, def. Cameron Norrie, Britain, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Thomas Fabbiano, Italy, def. Bradley Klahn, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, def. Victor Estrella Burgos, Domincan Republic, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Laslo Djere, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.
Marketa Vondrousova, Czech Republic, def. Johanna Konta (11), Britain, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (19), Russia, 6-4, 6-3.
Kristina Mladenovic (14), France, def. Sam Stosur, Australia, 7-5, 7-5.
Wang Qiang, China, def. Elise Mertens (22), Belgium, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Naomi Osaka, Japan, def. Agnieszka Radwanska (31), Poland, 6-3, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (9), Czech Republic, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Coco Vandeweghe (17), United States, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Petra Martic, Croatia, def. Barbora Strycova (25), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4.
Simoma Halep (1) Rominia, def. Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4.
Jelena Ostapenko (6), Latvia, def. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.
Zhang Shuai (32), China, def. Sofia Kenin, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Maria Sakkari, Greece, def. Ashleigh Barty (16), Australia, 6-4, 6-2.
Sachia Vickery, United States, def. Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Karolina Pliskova (5), Czech Republic, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Amanda Anisimova, United States, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23), Russia, 6-4, 6-1.
Caroline Dolehide, United States, def. Dominika Cibulkova (30), Slovakia, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Jamie Murray, Britain, and Bruno Soares (4), Brazil, def. Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Dominic Thiem, Austria, 6-3, 6-4.
Pablo Carreno Busta and David Marrero, Spain, def. Kyle Edmund, Australia, and Franko Skugor, Croatia, 7-6 (6), 7-5.
Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez, Spain, def. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, and Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-2.
Adrian Mannarino and Fabrice Martin, France, def. Henri Kontinen, Finland, and John Peers (2), Australia,7-6 (4) , 3-6, 10-6.
Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (8), Spain, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, and Nina Stojanovic, Serbia, 6-0, 6-4.
Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova (6), Czech Republic, def. Mihaela Buzarnescu, Romania, and Alize Cornet, France, 6-1, 5-7, 10-3.
Victoria Azarenka and Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus, def. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, and Sloane Stephens, United States, 7-6 (3), 2-6, 10-7.
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (1), Russia, def. Daria Gavrilova and Sam Stosur, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.