Indian Wells, BNP Paribas Open, WTA Premier

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DATE: Mar 6 - Mar 17, 2019
SURFACE: Hard
PRIZE MONEY: $9,035,428
FIELD SIZE: 128
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Naomi Osaka

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The Venue:

Under the watch of Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle (a huge Database company) and one of the world's richest men, Indian Wells has firmly established itself as one of the world's elite tennis venues. The views might not match those of Monte Carlo, but the facilities are state of the art.

The Indian Wells Tennis Garden boasts the second largest tennis stadium in the world with Stadium 1 housing over 16,000 fans and 44 suites. Only Flushing Meadows can boast a higher capacity.

The venue is situated near Palm Springs, California, in the Coachella Valley and has also played host to various artists such as The Who and Andrea Bocelli. It has also hosted NBA pre-season games.

The Top Players:

1. Naomi Osaka
2. Simona Halep
3. Petra Kvitova
4. Sloane Stephens
5. Karolina Pliskova
6. Elina Svitolina
7. Kiki Bertens
8. Angelique Kerber
9. Aryna Sabalenka
10. Serena Williams

Wildcards:

Amanda Anisimova
Bianca Andreescu
Sachia Vickery
Jennifer Brady
Taylor Townsend
Madison Brengle
Jessica Pegula

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Draw:

 

[Rex]

1 Osaka vs BYE
Mladenovic vs Saisai
Flipkens vs Bouchard
BYE vs 25 Collins
23 Bencic vs BYE
Riske vs Van Uytvanck
Peterson vs Alexandrova
BYE vs 13 Wozniacki

11 Sevastova vs BYE
WC Brengle vs Stosur
Puig vs Rodina
BYE vs 21 Kontaveit
28 Vekic vs BYE
Qualifier vs WC Townsend
Qualifier vs Jabeur
BYE vs 5 Ka. Pliskova

3 Kvitova vs BYE
Venus vs Petkovic
Qualifier vs Sakkari
BYE vs 30 Pavlyuchenkova
17 Keys vs BYE
Qualifier vs Barthel
Kanepi vs Larsson
BYE vs 15 Goerges

9 Sabalenka vs BYE
Tomljanovic vs Cornet
WC Pegula vs Qualifier
BYE vs 24 Tsurenko
26 Suárez Navarro vs BYE
Qualifier vs Qualifier
Putintseva vs Babos
BYE vs 8 Kerber

Bottom half

7 Bertens vs BYE
Martic vs Linette
Konta vs Parmentier
BYE vs 27 Hsieh
20 Muguruza vs BYE
Schmidelova vs WC Davis
Azarenka vs Lapko
BYE vs 10 Serena

16 Mertens vs BYE
Krunic vs WC Anisimova
Pera vs Qualifier
BYE vs 18 Q. Wang
32 Cibulkova vs BYE
WC Andreescu vs Begu
Qualifier vs WC Vickery
BYE vs 4 Stephens

6 Svitolina vs BYE
Y. Wang vs Kenin
Gavrilova vs Yastremska
BYE vs 29 Buzărnescu
19 Garcia vs BYE
Qualifier vs Brady
Maria vs Rybarikova
BYE vs 12 Barty

14 Kasatkina vs BYE
Vondrousova vs Siegemund
Kuzmova vs Zhang
BYE vs 22 Ostapenko
31 Sasnovich vs BYE
Siniakova vs Qualifier
Strycova vs Qualifier
BYE vs 2 Halep

http://wtafiles.wtatennis.com/pdf/draws/2019/609/MDS.pdf

 

[britbox]

Serena/Azarenka could be an early mouth-watering clash.

 

[Hoergren]

Tented do we get the other half of the draw - instead of upper half twice

 

[tented]

Tented do we get the other half of the draw - instead of upper half twice

Fixed!

 

[GameSetAndMath]

I think this is the first time Osaka is playing in a tourney with #1 seed. Also, she is defending the title here. Also, she has coach issues. So, all these pressures would overwhelm her and expect her to go out before QF stage.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Fun facts at Indian Wells.Martina Navratilova to date,has been the only player to successfully defend her title,28 years ago in 1991.A Top 10 player has won the title just once in the last five years (Simona Halep in 2015).

 

[kskate2]

I think this is the first time Osaka is playing in a tourney with #1 seed. Also, she is defending the title here. Also, she has coach issues. So, all these pressures would overwhelm her and expect her to go out before QF stage.

Nope. She was #1 seed in Dubai and promptly got dismissed by Mlad in her first match.

 

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[Horsa]

Excuse me, please. I'm very sorry to be a pain but some of this writing is a bit small for me to read & I've got my spectacles on. Any chance of a slightly larger version for people who don't have 20/20 vision, please?

 

[tented]

Excuse me, please. I'm very sorry to be a pain but some of this writing is a bit small for me to read & I've got my spectacles on.

If you tap/click on it, you’ll see the full-size image.

 

[Horsa]

If you tap/click on it, you’ll see the full-size image.

O.K. I didn't know. Thank you very much for the information.

 

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[Moxie]

Fun match coming up between Serena and Vika. I don't know if Vika is in shape to take it, but she's one of the few that challenges Serena.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Fun match coming up between Serena and Vika. I don't know if Vika is in shape to take it, but she's one of the few that challenges Serena.

Battle of the 'mothers' .....at this stage with the limited tournaments Vika has played,Serena to win.

 

[Moxie]

^ The first time they play each other as mothers. On International Women's Day. Yes, you have to favor Serena, but it's got a good shine on it, for the day.

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

^ The first time they play each other as mothers. On International Women's Day. Yes, you have to favor Serena, but it's got a good shine on it, for the day.

I do not like the look of the weather coming IW way,looks like a 'sand storm with very windy conditions'

 

[MargaretMcAleer]

Weather seems okay,forget to say last time Vika and Serena played here was in the final in 2016,Vika won.Serena leads the H2H 17-4

 

[Moxie]

I don't body-shame, but Serena is carrying a lot of fat on her belly. My worry is for her back. Her power is in her shoulders and legs. But I think she's risking her back, at this age.

 

[Moxie]

Whatever rust on Azarenka, it seems they are still pretty classic against each other.