Heather Watson beats Belinda Bencic in Indian Wells
7th March 2014Heather Watson reached the second round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells with a 7-5 6-4 victory over Swiss Belinda Bencic.
The British number three will now face Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat her at Wimbledon in 2012.
The 21-year-old said: "This will be a different atmosphere, but I'm really looking forward to playing her again."
Britain's James Ward, 27, was beaten 6-2 6-3 by Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu in the final round of men's qualifying.
Watson, who is ranked 134th in the world after a disappointing 2013, added: "I'm so pleased with the way I'm playing at the moment."
Referring to her meeting with world number three Radwanska, who has beaten her comfortably in both their previous meetings, she said: "I'm not going to give away my tactics, but I'm not going to go in playing the same way I did the other two times."