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Click here to see the latest tennis updates/results from the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells.
Another long, hot day in the desert awaits Rafael Nadal. As usual, sun with temperatures in the high-80s is expected.
In press conference, after Timea Bacsinszky had won her 15th consecutive match by beating Elina Svitolina 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, Mary Carillo ask the question and we got the answer. It was a long one and not always pretty to hear.
Click here to see the latest photos from the 2015 BNP Paribas tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California.
Had it not been for an untimely foot injury sustained by Nick Kyrgios, the Australian youth invasion that is beginning to take the tennis world by storm could have reached an even grander scale at the BNP Paribas Open. Even with Kyrgios unable to finish off a potential upset of Grigor Dimitrov, however, the Aussies are still making waves.
Southern Belle had the rare opportunity to sit next to the ball kids and their supervisor on Court 3 and to get an inside look at the work that goes into fetching balls and sweaty towels for the players. If you think these kids aren’t working hard, think again!
Check out all the latest tennis news & updates from the 2015 BNP Paribas Open.
The early stages of the BNP Paribas Open have not been lacking drama in men's singles. A combined six matches in the first and second rounds ended in third-set tiebreakers.
American women playing well is nothing new, although they have not been quite as successful at the BNP Paribas Open as in other spots because of the absences of Serena and Venus Williams.
Now we have a tournament on our hands! Galloping into the first Sunday, and sitting in a local diner wondering why so many people are in there when this chick has been used to peace and quiet with her bizarre combinations of pancakes and bacon, all around there is excited chatter.
David Ferrer came into this week with a shockingly poor 9-11 lifetime singles record at the BNP Paribas Open, six times losing his first match of the tournament. A spirited performance by Ivan Dodig on Saturday evening almost extended that number to seven.
After a 14-year hiatus, Serena Williams made her return to the Indian Wells Tennis Garden last night, welcomed by a full-house crowd that showed its love for the World Number 1 by waving signs and banners and screaming out her name over and over. Those who doubted whether Serena would be welcomed here immediately had those doubts quashed.
With byes to the second round an the bottom half of the draw playing second, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal do not kick off their BNP Paribas Open campaigns until Sunday. That doesn't mean they have not been hard to find throughout the first week in Indian Wells.
It is good to bury a piece of the past when it has not been good to you. With the help of some 14,000 people on a balmy night under a desert sky at Indian Wells, Serena Williams let go of 14 years of hurt and found love instead.
Emotional scenes ruled the day on the two biggest courts at the BNP Paribas Open on Friday. There were tears--real tears, and a lot of them--on both Stadium 1 and Stadium.
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