Naomi Osaka won the 2018 BNP Paribas Open with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Daria Kasatkina in Sunday’s final. This was Naomi’s first WTA title and a hugeee one at that. It is somewhat reminiscent of Jelena Ostapenko who won her first title last year at Roland Garros. The final was a bit of a…
One of the dominant storylines from the 2018 BNP Paribas Open has been performance of the teens and the up-and-comers on the WTA tour. It seems only fitting that the final will be played between first time finalists in a Premier Mandatory tournament and 20-year-olds, Daria Kasatkina and Naomi Osaka. I am so excited for…
I’ve just finished watching back the first of the semi-finals from Friday night in Indian Wells between Venus Williams and Daria Kasatkina… wow! In a fabulous match, Kasatkina rallied from a set down to win, 4-6 6-4 7-5 in two hours and 48 minutes. I was so captivated by the match that I have written…
The semi-finals are set at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open and it’s a dreamy final four with Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Daria Kasatkina and Venus Williams left to battle it out for the title. I can’t remember the last time that I was *this* excited for a semi-final line-up. Thursday’s Set Points includes a review…
The first two quarter-finals of the 2018 BNP Paribas Open were played on a windyyy day in Indian Wells. This Set Points features a detailed recap of the first quarter-final and catches up with a few things missed from a manic Tuesday including highlights of Wozniacki-Kasatkina. There’s a pair of snap previews for tomorrow’s quarter-finals…
The second Tuesday at Indian Wells is always reminiscent of Manic Monday at Wimbledon with all eight of the women’s fourth round matches on the schedule. Thankfully, the matches aren’t all clashing against each other. From a selfish point of view, it’s just as frustrating for me as Wimbledon because of the time difference and…
The highlight of Monday’s order of play was the all Willliams clash at night in the desert. There’s a few highlights from that match later on in the post but Monday’s Set Points, as usual, focuses on the matches from the day session and those that I got to watch live. As is tradition with…
Tuesday’s schedule at Indian Wells is always a cracker with all eight WTA fourth round matches played on the same day. It makes trying to write about the prospective matches a challenge so i’ve only been able to address five of them before bed! For a recap of action on day 5 at Indian Wells,…
Aside from the return of Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka, the dominant storyline has been the success of the teens in Indian Wells. The upsets have been heavy in the top half of the draw and just the top two seeds remain at either ends of the draw with six unseeded players nestled in between.…
Monday’s schedule will be headlined by a blockbuster Williams clash that will take centre stage at night. There’s plenty of good matches and all-seeded clashes to look forward to. For a review of second round match action from the bottom half of the women’s draw, click HERE. Read on for a sweeping preview of Monday’s…
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