Indian Wells - WTA 1st round starts

First round WTA main draw matches have started in Indian Wells, as the final ATP qualifying comes to an end.

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

• Magda Linette defeated Petra Martic 6-3 4-6 7-6(5)
• Johanna Konta defeated Pauline Parmentier 6-2 6-3
• Wildcard Lauren Davis defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-6(2) 6-2
• Wildcard Amanda Anisimova defeated Aleksandra Krunic 6-0 6-4
• Wildcard Bianca Andreescu defeated Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7(3) 6-3 6-3
• Qualifier Stefanie Voegele defeated wildcard Sachia Vickery 7-5 6-2
• Sofia Kenin defeated Yafan Wang 1-6 7-5 6-4
• Wildcard Jennifer Brady defeated qualifier Nao Hibino 7-5 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova defeated Laura Siegemund 6-4 7-6(6)
• Shuai Zhang defeated Viktoria Kuzmova 6-2 6-4
• Qualifier Kateryna Kozlova defeated Katerina Siniakova 7-5 6-2
• Tatjana Maria defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3 6-2
• Bernarda Pera defeated teenage qualifier Catherine McNally 6-2 6-1 
• Dasha Gavrilova defeated Dayana Yastremska 6-2 5-7 6-2
• Barbora Strycova defeated qualifier Viktorija Golubic 6-2 7-6(4)
• Vika Azarenka defeated Vera Lapko 6-2 6-3