their first their match with kawasaki frontale.h kawasaki frontale. their first win of the campaign. over in group h, frontale had a door with sydney while shanghai senhua's suffer the loss. the two—time champions moved a step closer to qualification. simona halep is through to the quarter—finals at indian wells after beating china's wang qiang in straight sets. the world number one beat her practice partner 7—5, 6—1 in just 76 minutes to take her record to 17—1 this season. halep, who won the tournament in 2015, is looking for her second singles title of the year. she'll now face unseeded petra martic of croatia. gael monfils is out of the men's singles though. he retired with a sore back while a set and 3—1 down against his fellow frenchman pierre—oog herbert. herbert will now play phillip kohlscreiber who is through to the fourth round after his win over the world number three marin cilic. team sky have scored their first major victory of the 2018 cycling season — meehal kwitkofski won the week—long tirreno—adriatico race, while