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…
The remaining five seeds in the top half of the 2016 BNP Paribas Open women’s draw all successfully advanced to the fourth round. It was a much calmer day with four of those five seeds untroubled in straight sets. Read on for my Set Points summary of day 5 with help from Tennis Twitter. For Monday’s line-up, check…
Timea Bacsinszky and Eugenie Bouchard will play each other for the first time on the WTA tour when they meet in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells on Monday. Bacsinszky played her best match of 2016 so far, comfortably defeating Tsvetana Pironkova in the second round, 6-2 6-1. The key…
This post covers two all-seeded third round matches at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells for Monday; Ana Ivanovic against Karolina Pliskova and Roberta Vinci playing Elina Svitolina. For a round-up of all the action from the women’s bottom half on Saturday, click HERE. 1. Ana Ivanovic v Karolina Pliskova (IW, R3) Ana Ivanovic will…
Are you not entertained? Day 4 was another wacky, wild and entertaining day in the desert. While more seeds survived than fell on day 4 at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, the number two and four seeds were both vanquished in straight set losses. Many of the seeds were challenged and some battled…
This post covers two third round matches set for Sunday’s schedule at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells; an all-seeded match-up between Simona Halep and Ekaterina Makarova, and the number 19 seed, Jelena Jankovic up against CoCo Vandeweghe. For a full round-up of what happened in the top half of the women’s draw…
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