California, March 8 -- British number one Katie Boulter recovered from a set down to beat Irina-Camelia Begu in the second round at Indian Wells.

The Romanian won the first set in a tie-break but Boulter then took charge to win 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 6-0 here.

Boulter, 28, is playing just her third tournament of the year and had a bye in the first round while Begu, ranked 74 in the world, beat Ann Li of the USA, the BBC reported.

Boulter will face a much sterner test in the third round when she plays Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, with the seventh seed having beaten Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands 6-3 6-3.

Boulter has dropped to 38 in the world rankings, having not played since January's Australian Open because of a foot injury.

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