California, March 7 -- Emma Raducanu made an impressive start to her Indian Wells campaign by recording a comprehensive straight-set victory over Russian Anastasia Zakharova.
British number one Raducanu was all smiles as she waved to the crowd after completing a 6-1 6-3 win at the prestigious WTA 1,000 event in California.
The 23-year-old, who received a first-round bye as the 25th seed, will face world number six Amanda Anisimova in the third round if the American can overcome Russian Anna Blinkova.
"I think my game was in a really good place," Raducanu told BBC Sport. "I hadn't necessarily felt so good for the last month, so I'm really pleased with the work we did for the last week and just forit to transfer on the match court like tha...