One of the biggest names in tennis won’t be at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. On Wednesday, officials announced that 2018 BNP Paribas Open champion Naomi Osaka pulled out of this year’s tournament. The tournament was set to start in two weeks. 2018 Champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from #BNPPO21.We look forward
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The first ever Fall edition of the BNP Paribas Open is coming up soon, and now you can join the team that is making it happen. Desert Champions and their partners are looking to fill about 100 seasonal positions from retail, food and beverage and more. Part-time and full-time positions are open according to Marketing
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The BNP Paribas Open, a combined ATP Masters 1000 and WTA 1000 event, will be held October 4 – 17, 2021, it was announced today by Tournament Director Tommy Haas. The first-ever fall edition of the BNP Paribas Open will feature a women’s event with 96-player singles draws, 32-player singles qualifying draws, and 32-team doubles draws, while the men’s
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Tickets and special packages for the 2021 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells were expected to go on sale on Monday, but unfortunately, tennis fans will have to wait a little longer to return to “Tennis Paradise.” Matt Van Tuinen, marketing director for the BNP Paribas Open, confirmed the delay. He told News Channel 3
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“The wait is over” in Indian Wells, BNP Paribas Open organizers say. The tournament is expected to return in October after two pandemic-related postponements. “We are ecstatic to have the opportunity to hold the BNP Paribas Open in October and bring professional tennis back to the desert,” said Tournament Director Tommy Haas told News Channel
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Palm Desert native Desirae Krawczyk’s first appearance in a Grand Slam final ended in a loss but the Cinderella run at Rolan Garros was anything but that. The 14th-seeded pairing of Krawczyk and Alexa Guarachi from Chile lost to the reigning champions and #2 seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babo. Krawczyk and her partner
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The 2020 BNP Paribas Open has been cancelled. Full statement regarding cancellation: Click Here. The annual tennis event brings people from all over the world to the valley. Tournament organizers tweeted out the cancellation first, reading in part: “The 2020 BNP Paribas open will not take place at this time due to concerns surrounding the
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The 2019 Women’s Singles Champion and World No. 4, Bianca Andreescu will not defend her title at Indian Wells. The 19-year-old Canadian cites a lingering knee injury as the reason for her withdrawal. The news announced on Saturday in a post on the tournament’s Twitter page. "I would like to thank you all for yourcontinued
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Activities at the BNP Paribas Open kicked off on Saturday with the annual Kids Day event. It was a day filled with activities for the whole family, including tennis drills, music, rock climbing, cartoon character art demos, face painting, yoga and more. Event attendees also had access to watch the Oracle Challenge matches going on,
Continue Reading INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 7, 2020 – Eleven Americans were among those awarded main draw wild cards into the 2020 BNP Paribas Open, to be held March 9-22 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. World No. 55 and 2020 Australian Open quarterfinalist Tennys Sandgren headlines the main draw wild card recipients on the men’s side, and is joined by fellow
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Current world no. 2 Simona Halep will not play in the 2020 BNP Paribas Open. Halep, who won the tournament in 2015, is out due to a foot injury she got before the WTA Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championships. Despite the injury, Halep was still able to win the tournament “I’m incredibly disappointed to have to
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A second tennis star has withdrawn from this year’s BNP Paribas Open. Tournament officials announced former world No. 1 Angelique Kerber has withdrawn from the tournament. Kerber will be replaced in the main draw by Chicago-Native Taylor Townsend. Kerber confirmed on her Instagram page she suffered a left leg injury that may also keep her
Continue Reading INDIAN WELLS, Calif., March 5, 2020 – The BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP Tour and WTA combined two-week event in the world to be held March 9-22, 2020 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, will feature expansive domestic television coverage on Tennis Channel and the ESPN networks, with more than 130 total hours of
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Former world No. 1 tennis star Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from this year’s BNP Paribas Open, tournament officials announced Thursday afternoon. Azarenka will be replaced in the main draw by 2009 champion Vera Zvonareva. Check out our BNP Paribas Open Section for full coverage of this year’s tournament Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka has withdrawn from
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After seven years away from the Tour, Former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters is making her return this year, including a return to the BNP Paribas Open. She was awarded a wild card into what will be just her third tournament back, following Dubai and Monterrey. Clijsters – a two-time champion at Indian Wells, in
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Roger Federer will not play in this year’s BNP Paribas Open. The news was announced Thursday morning via the tennis tournament’s Twitter this morning. “We are disappointed that Roger Federer has withdrawn from this year’s BNP Paribas Open, but we wish him a speedy and full recovery so he can be competing again soon.” -Tournament
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The BNP Paribas Open will, once again, be a regular who’s who of tennis greats and rising stars in 2020. On Wednesday, the tournament announced its entry list, which is packed out with plenty of champions of the Indian Wells tournament. A rundown of some of the noteworthy names, and their respective desert trophy cases:
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