Jabeur defeated at Indian Wells as Swiatek sets up fourth-round clash with Raducanu

Ons Jabeur's first tournament back from injury ended at the second hurdle on Monday night as the Tunisian fourth seed was defeated in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters.

Jabeur, absent from the tour since the end of January to undergo knee surgery, was defeated 7-6, 6-4 by Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova – the same player who eliminated Jabeur from the Australian Open second round prior to her enforced break.

The world No 4 admitted after her second-round win against Magdalena Frech – her first match of the tournament having received a bye – that it was "probably too early to come back" to competition, but that didn't seem the case after the first three games against Vondrousova as Jabeur raced into a 3-0 lead.

However, a significant drop occurred from that position of strength, with Jabeur losing five straight games to hand her opponent control of the first set. The Tunisian regrouped to claim back a break and held serve for 5-5 before Vondrousova claimed the one-set lead in a competitive tiebreak.

From there, Vondrousova seized immediate control of the second set, again winning five straight games but this time for a 5-1 lead. The Czech's first opportunity to serve out the victory came and went as Jabeur saved three match points to break back, then saved another two on her own serve to apply the pressure on Vondrousova at 5-4.

The former French Open finalist made no mistake at the second attempt, closing out the win with a love service hold to set up an all-Czech fourth-round clash with Karolina Muchova.

Iga Swiatek overcame former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 7-6 to reach the fourth round and set up a meeting with Emma Raducanu, who scored her biggest win since her own run to the Flushing