The tournament also ended with the number one Karolina Pliškova from the Czech Republic and the American Coco Gofa.
With the victory in two sets over Pliškovs, for the first time in the eighth final of the “WTA 1000” series tournament, the world-ranked Brazilian Beatrice Hadada Maja has reached the 115th place.
In the California desert winds, the world’s third racket Pliskov failed to deliver convincing services, and the Brazilian won with 6-3, 7-5. The house qualified for the main event only because the Argentine Nadja Podoroska withdrew due to an injury.
In the next round, Maja will play against Kontaveita, who was numbered 18 in the tournament.
On Monday, Kontaveita, who won 15 of the last 16 games with 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, stopped Andres, who finished 16th in the tournament, in hopes of defending the Indian Wales tournament title.
Spaniard Paula Badosa, who was 21st, beat Gofu, who was 15th, 6-2, 6-2.
In the final of the two previous Indian Wells tournaments, the losing tennis players were defeated 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 by the German Angel Angela Kerbere, who beat the 20th ranked Darja Kasatkin from Russia.
Barbora Krejčikova, a Czech with a third number, beat Amanda Anisimov from the USA 6-2, 6-3, but Onsa Žaberas, a Tunisian with a 12th number, defeated Daniel Ros Collins with a 22nd number with 6-1, 6-3. from the United States.
The first women’s racket of Latvian women’s tennis Alona Ostapenko has also reached the eighth final of the Indian Wells tournament.
Ostapenko, who is ranked 29th in the WTA rankings and is numbered 24 in this tournament, will meet the second racket of the tournament and the fourth number in the ranking, Iga Švjontek from Poland, on Tuesday in the eighth final.
The Indian Wells tournament did not take place in 2020, but in 2019 it was won by Bianka Andresca from Canada.
The tournament in Indian Wells takes place on a hard surface.
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