Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine upset top-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy, 6-1, 6-3, Tuesday as women’s singles qualifying play concluded at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The win gave the 27-year-old one of 12 spots in the 96-player main draw reserved for qualifiers. Kozlova is 136th on the Women’s Tennis Association rankings and was seeded 15th in 48-player qualifying draw.
Of the 14 Americans in the women’s qualifying draw, two advanced to the main draw.
Usue Maitane Arconada defeated ninth-seeded Beatrice Haddad Maia of Brazil, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, Tuesday while Alycia Parks defeated 11th-seeded Maddison Inglis of Australia, 6-3, 6-4.
The 22-year-old Arconada was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and now lives in Naples, Florida. She won a $60,000 ITF/USTA tournament in Berkeley that concluded Sunday and is ranked 182nd.
The 20-year-old Parks was born in Atlanta, lives in Florida and is ranked 245th.
Tuesday’s winners are guaranteed at least $18,155 while the losers received $9,110.
Men’s qualifying play began Tuesday with 48 players seeking the 12 spots in the 96-player main draw reserved for qualifiers.
Botic van de Zandschulp of the Netherlands is the highest-ranked and top-seeded player in men’s qualifying and was a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Canadian Peter Polansky Tuesday.
Van de Zandschulp rose from previous career-high 117th on the Association of Tennis Professionals rankings to 62nd after advancing to the quarterfinals of last month’s U.S. Open, including victories over then 11th-ranked Casper Ruud of Norway and 14th ranked Diego Schwartzman of Argentina.
Van de Zandschulp lost to eventual champion Daniil Medvedev of Russia in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5.
Van de Zandschulp has dropped to 65th in the rankings. Polansky is ranked 282nd.
Players winning two matches in men’s qualifying will advance to the main draw. Players losing in Tuesday’s qualifying matches will receive $4,785, while the winners will receive at least $9,110.
Women’s main draw play is set to begin Wednesday and men’s main draw play Thursday.