Tony's Tennis: Indian Wells about to start

Thursday 7 March 2019

On Monday 4 March in Indian Wells, the biggest individual tennis tournament since the Australian Open, began with qualifying matches.

It combines both WTA and ATP tours.

BNP Paribas Open - a WTA Premier Mandatory category tournament, on Hard Plexipave, in Indian Wells, California, USA, 4-17 March 2019.

Defending champion:

Naomi Osaka who defeated Dasha Kasatkina (20) 6-3 6-2

The following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

Naomi Osaka, world number 1, is top seed.

The other 31 seeds are all in the top 35

All 32 seeds have first round byes.

BNP Paribas Open - an ATP Masters 1000 category tournament, on Hard Plexipave, in Indian Wells, California, USA, 4-17 March 2019.

Defending champion:

Juan Martin del Potro (6) who defeated Roger Federer (1) 6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(2)

del Potro won’t be defending his title, and his place in the tournament was taken by Taro Daniel.

As well as del Potro, the following players withdrew after entering but before the main draw was published:

Novak Djokovic, world number 1, is top seed.

The other 31 seeds are all in the top 35

All 32 seeds have first round byes

With points from last years tournament taken away, the effective live rankings before things start are as follows:

WTA (current ranking in bracket)

ATP (current ranking in bracket)

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