Indian Wells - ATP 1R starts, WTA 1R ends

The first round Indian Wells matches concluded for the WTA and commenced for the ATP.

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

WTA first round completion 

• Wildcard Madison Brengle defeated Samantha Stosur 6-2 6-3
• Qualifier Misaki  Doi defeated Ons Jabeur 6-3 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva defeated Tímea Babos 6-1 6-3
• Kiki Mladenovic defeated Saisai Zheng 7-5 6-2
• Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Rebecca Peterson 7-5 3-6 6-2
• Venus Williams defeated Andrea Petkovic 6-4 0-6 6-3
• Qualifier Natalia Vikhlyantseva defeated qualifier Priscilla Hon 6-1 6-1
• Alison Van Uytvanck defeated Alison Riske 7-6(1) 6-4
• Mona Barthel defeated qualifier Lin Zhu 6-4 6-7(5) 7-5
• Kaia Kanepi defeated Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-2
• Ajla Tomljanovic defeated Alizé Cornet 7-5 6-3
• Monica Puig defeated Evgeniya Rodina 6-0 6-4
• Kirsten Flipkens defeated Eugenie Bouchard 7-5 3-6 7-5
• Qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure defeated wildcard Taylor Townsend 6-7(3) 7-5 6-2
• Jessica Pegula defeated Zarina Diyas 6-1 6-1
• Christina McHale defeated Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-0

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)

ATP first round

• Martin Klizan defeated Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-4
• Wildcard Félix Auger-Aliassime defeated Cameron Norrie 6-3 6-2
• Guido Andreozzi defeated Ilya Ivashka 7-6(3) 6-4
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas defeated Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-2
• Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-0
• Ivo Karlovic defeated Matthew Ebden 7-6(3) 7-6(3)
• Sam Querrey defeated Matteo Berrettini 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4
• Qualifier Marcos Giron defeated Jérémy Chardy 7-6(3) 7-6(1)
• Yoshihito Nishioka defeated Denis Kudla 3-6 6-3 6-2
• Jordan Thompson defeated Federico Delbonis 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5)
• Qualifier Bjorn Fratangelo defeated qualifier Elias Ymer 4-6 6-2 6-2
• Qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated Benoit Paire 7-6(5) 6-4
• Malek Jaziri defeated Bradley Klahn 6-4 6-2
• Maximilian Marterer defeated qualifier Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-2
• Jan-Lennard Struff defeated John Millman 6-1 6-3
• Leonardo Mayer d wildcard Reilly Opelka 7-6(6) 7-6(2)

The seeded players enter the WTA tournament in the second round as the numbers now have been trimmed to 64.

Scheduled on Day Three of main draw competition include:

Simone Halep (2), Elina Svitolina (6), last years runner-up Dasha Kasatkina (14), Kiki Bertens (7), and home nation favourites Serena Williams (10) and Sloane Stephens (4).

Pick of the contests is battle of the Grand Slam title winning mums - 

Serena Williams v Vika Azarenka