Germany’s Angelique Kerber reached the third round at Indian Wells after a battling 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 against Latvian number 10 seed Jelena Ostapenko on Friday. The 36-year-old former world number one has now won two matches in a row for the first time since returning from maternity leave at the start of the year. “Jelena is a strong opponent, she has played so well this year. I knew I had to play very well,” said Kerber. “It’s a very important win for me. Winning a match like this gives me a lot of confidence.” She used her fourth match point to win against Ostapenko after 2 hours 13 minutes.