British number one Elena Baltacha has won through to the main draw of the Indian Wells Open following a straight-sets win over Ekaterina Bychkova.
After beating the Russian 6-3 6-4, the Scot will now take on American wildcard entry Alexa Glatch, who is almost 100 places below the world ranked 65.
The winner will then face seventh seed and world number ten Li Na of China in round two.
Speaking after the win, Baltacha said: "It's fantastic. This year already it's the third WTA event that I've qualified for so I'm really pleased.
"I'm looking forward to playing Glatch. I've never played here before but I've had two matches already on these courts and I'm ready to get another win."
Fellow Briton Anne Keothavong is also into the main draw and will meet Russia's former world number five Anna Chakvetadze.