Harriet Dart set for top 100 ranking and says Indian Wells run ‘not by chance’ after reaching last 16

Harriet Dart is set to break into the top 100 as her impressive run at Indian Wells continued with a straight-sets victory over Estonia's Kaia Kanepi in the third round. The British qualifier beat Ana Konjuh before stunning Elina Svitolina in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. Ad/> The 25-year-old backed up that comeback win with a convincing 7-6 6-3 victory over Kanepi to reach the round of 16, where she faces No 25 seed Madison Keys.

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Dart roars back to record famous win over Svitolina Watson, Boulter, Dart win Indian Wells qualifiers, Raducanu could face Yastremska Raducanu suffers another early exit as Martic fights back to progress »I always have nothing to lose — especially at these events. It's kind of a bonus to be able to play another match in this amazing place. It's quite surreal.

I'm enjoying every minute of it." /> Dart qualified for the Australian Open earlier this year before losing her opening round match to Iga Swiatek. She was unable to qualify for WTA 500 events in St Petersburg and Dubai, and lost in the first round of qualifying at the WTA 1000 event in Qatar. However, she came through two rounds of qualifying to book