Indian Wells, BNP Paribas Open, WTA Premier

[britbox]

Tommy Haas talks about the return of Vika and Serena.

 

[kskate2]

The tournament is well underway, but here's what the stars had to say in advance...

Svitolina:



Caro Garcia:



Simona:



Pliskova:



Penko:



Caro:



Garbine:



Serena:

Baron, that last clip is Venus not Serena.

 

[10isfan]

Vika is very fit. She must have lost twenty pounds.

 

[kskate2]

Results from the Indian Wells - BNP Paribas Open, Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Thursday

 

[isabelle]

Cornet played poorly, very disappointing

 

[britbox]

Baron, that last clip is Venus not Serena.

Ha, you got me... Venus looks very Serena-like on the clip cover though!

 

[britbox]

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Again, I watched some Tennis last night, this time was Serena/Zarina
Serena did well, she was a bit rusty but nothing to be concerned about.

Today, we have top seeds in action, full order of play below:

FRIDAY, MARCH, 09, 2018
COURT TIME
STADIUM 1 Starts At 11:00 am
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STADIUM 1 Followed By
Simona Halep (ROU ) vs Kristyna Pliskova (CZE )
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STADIUM 1 Not Before 7:00 pm
Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP ) vs Sachia Vickery (USA )
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STADIUM 2 Starts At 11:00 am
Petra Kvitova (CZE ) vs Yulia Putintseva (KAZ )
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STADIUM 2 Followed By
Coco Vandeweghe (USA ) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST )
- - - - - - -
STADIUM 3 Followed By
Belinda Bencic (SUI ) vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT )
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STADIUM 3 Followed By
Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU ) vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE )
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STADIUM 4 Starts At 11:00 am
Johanna Konta (GBR ) vs Marketa Vondrousova (CZE )
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STADIUM 4 Followed By
Amanda Anisimova (USA ) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS )
- - - - - -
STADIUM 5 Followed By
Shuai Zhang (CHN ) vs Sofia Kenin (USA )
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STADIUM 5 Followed By
Caroline Dolehide (USA ) vs Dominika Cibulkova (SVK )
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STADIUM 6 Starts At 11:00 am
Aryna Sabalenka (BLR ) vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS )
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STADIUM 6 Followed By
Naomi Osaka (JPN ) vs Agnieszka Radwanska (POL )
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STADIUM 7 Starts At 11:00 am
Samantha Stosur (AUS ) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA )
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STADIUM 7 Followed By
Maria Sakkari (GRE ) vs Ashleigh Barty (AUS )
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STADIUM 9 Starts At 11:00 am
Elise Mertens (BEL ) vs Qiang Wang (CHN )
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STADIUM 9 Followed By
Barbora Strycova (CZE ) vs Petra Martic (CRO )

 

[10isfan]

Serena’s movement is improving day by day. I won’t pick her to win here or in Miami, but she could be the favorite at Wimby. I’m hoping she gets two more majors. Vika might give her a tough time at USO. I’m shocked at how Vika looks and plays. Commentators said she will enter Miami. Is Leo allowed to leave California now?

 

[kskate2]

Serena’s movement is improving day by day. I won’t pick her to win here or in Miami, but she could be the favorite at Wimby. I’m hoping she gets two more majors. Vika might give her a tough time at USO. I’m shocked at how Vika looks and plays. Commentators said she will enter Miami. Is Leo allowed to leave California now?

Not sure. He might not be able leave Cali yet. Maybe she trust to leave him w/ someone. That's been her issue all along. She didn't trust to leave him w/ the baby daddy while she entered other tourneys.

 

[Correspondent Kiu]

Lots of seeded players lost today, it's been a terrible day for lower seeds, upper seeds did much better.

Casualty includes:
Konta!
Kuznetsova
Strycova
Radwanska!
Barty
......

I think more is coming....

Simo advanced.

 

[Moxie]

I've never seen Sasha Vickery play before. She's valiant and talented. All but down-and-out v. Muguruza, and now may get it into a 3rd set.

 

[kskate2]

I've seen her play before, but never this consistent off the ground. She's really nailing those groundies on Mugu.

 

[Moxie]

She's hitting some amazing shots. EDIT: like that BHDTL.

 

[Moxie]

Some amazing play and bravado from Vickery.

 

[GameSetAndMath]

Some amazing play and bravado from Vickery.

I think she had some kind of major health scare (may be cancer?) and survived it.

 

[Moxie]

I think she had some kind of major health scare (may be cancer?) and survived it.

Maybe thinking of Vicky Duval?

 

[Moxie]

This went from a routine round for Mugu to a big fight to stay in the tournament. Vickery is playing the tennis of her life, based on the commies.

 

[kskate2]

Mugu just dropped serve in the decider. Sachia up 4-1. Mugu looks exhausted

 

[Moxie]

It's all working for Vickery now.