The 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells came to a conclusion on Sunday with Victoria Azarenka being crowned the champion. The WTA tour continues to be unpredictable from week-to-week but there were signs in the desert that some of the top ten players are finally getting their 2016 seasons in order. I enjoyed this tournament (time…
A thoroughly entertaining ten days in the desert will conclude for the women with the world number one, Serena Williams taking on the number 13 seed, Victoria Azarenka in the 2016 final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. This will be their first match-up in eight months… Friday night’s semi-finals looked enticing on paper…
The second semi-final on Friday at the BNP Paribas Open will feature the world number 13, Victoria Azarenka up against the world number 18, Karolina Pliskova. If their last match, a three hour-13 minute epic in Brisbane, is anything to go by then this could be a sensational semi-final… Pliskova produced her best performance in a…
An Australian Open semi-final rematch is all set between the world number one, Serena Williams and soon-to-be world number two, Agnieszka Radwanska at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open on Friday. In a draw that initially began with 16 of the 32 seeds falling in the second round, the two highest seeds have emerged from the top…
The final two quarter-finals featuring the likes of Victoria Azarenka, Karolina Pliskova, Daria Kasatkina and Magdalena Rybarikova will be contested on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open. For a round-up of fourth round action in the bottom half of the women’s draw, click HERE. 1. Karolina Pliskova v Daria Kasatkina (IW, QF) In her first Premier…
In a blockbuster quarter-final at the BNP Paribas Open, the world number one Serena Williams will take on the defending champion, Simona Halep at not before 7pm local time in Indian Wells. The pair were set to meet in the semi-finals last year before Serena was forced to pull out with a knee injury. The…
Indian Well’s version of Magic Monday at Wimbledon with all eight of the women’s fourth round matches on the same day wrapped up on Tuesday. It was a so-so day with two matches unfortunately ended by retirements. I’m reaching the end of the line with Indian Wells already… it’s been a great tournament so far and the…
Seedings have held up in the second quarter of the 2016 BNP Paribas Open women’s draw to produce a fascinating first quarter-final between Agnieszka Radwanska and Petra Kvitova. This will be the pair’s tenth career meeting having last played in the final of the WTA Finals in Singapore at the end of 2015. Petra Kvitova reached…
In the only upset of the day, Magdalena Rybarikova defeated the number seven seed, Belinda Bencic, 6-4 3-6 6-3. BB was disappointing and just couldn’t get going in that third set. In hindsight, I don’t think this surface suits her game and particularly against someone with such a funky game. Credit to Magda though who…
Agnieszka Radwanska and Jelena Jankovic will meet for the ninth time on the WTA tour with a place in the quarter-finals of the 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells up for grabs. Radwanska survived a huge scare in the second round, coming back from *2-5 down in the third set and saving a match point…
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