the next week of tournaments, opting for additional practice ahead of the first Premier Mandatory tournament of the year, the Indian Wells Open. For the first time ever, she progressed past the first round. After a scrappy win over wildcard entry Grace Min, she came up against 27th seed Timea Bacsinszky, who had won her two previous tournaments in Mexico. Erakovic got the only break of service to take the first set, but from there on her second service let her down. Unable to gain even one break point in the second set, she was unable to convert either of the two she received in the third set, the final score being 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 to Bacsinszky. In the doubles, she was reunited with Arantxa Parra Santonja, but once again they came up against high seeds in the first round. This time the stumbling blocks were the Spanish fifth seeds in Garbiñe Muguruza and Carla Suárez Navarro, who overpowered the lower-ranked pair 6–1, 6–4, in just over an hour. Once again the second service was the bogey, as they won only four out of 19 during the match. The next tournament was also the next Premier Mandatory stop on the tour – the Miami Open. Erakovic served superbly in the first qualifying round to beat Alexandra Panova, then not quite so well against Lourdes Domínguez Lino, but won both matches in straight sets to progress to the main draw. Up against wildcard Daria Gavrilova, with a second round match against Maria Sharapova at stake, she injured her left ankle during the first set and had to retire while trailing 1–5. Although her first-round doubles match (with new partner Andrea Petkovic) was not until two days later, the injury was severe enough to force Erakovic's withdrawal. Next stop was her first clay-court tournament for the year, the Charleston Open. Her first-round singles match, against South African Chanelle Scheepers, was a topsy-turvy affair. Erakovic dropped her serve three times in the first set, breaking Scheepers only once, but broke her twice in the second set while holding her own throughout. The final set saw plenty of chances go begging for both players. Erakovic dropped her second and fourth service games, the latter ending with consecutive double faults, to be down 2–5. She broke Scheepers in the next game, then held her own service to be down 4–5. Scheepers double-faulted twice on match