Elena Rybakina did it again, slamming world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in convincing fashion Friday night in the Indian Wells semifinal 6-2, 6-2.

Rybakina stunned Swiatek in Melbourne 6-4, 6-4, and today even had an easier time. The lanky Kazakh smacked seven aces, lost just six points on first serve, hit 18 winners to just 12 unforced. She was also 5/5 on break chances. At one point, Rybakina won seven …

Jannik Sinner ended Taylor Fritz’s Indian Wells title defense topping the American No. 1 in a tight one 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

“It means a lot, obviously,” Sinner said on court. “Playing against Taylor is never easy. Especially because he won here last year. I knew the match was going to be tough.

“We both play quite similar. For both of us the service games were very important, then the wind came a …

The women’s semifinals were set Thursday at Indian Wells. Defending champion and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek returned to the final four getting past the 32-year-old veteran Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-3.

“I’m happy that I played so intense that I could start both sets well,” Swiatek said. “I feeling like handling things pretty well, and just playing my game.”

Swiatek was broken once in each set but still won 10 of the …

Coco Gauff had three straight wins over Aryna Sabalenka but the Australian Open champion turned the tables in emphatic fashion Wednesday dominating the teen 6-4, 6-0 to advance to her first Indian Wells semifinal.

“It was great match,” Sabalenka said. “I felt really great on court. I think I played great tennis and super happy with this win. It’s always tough matches against Coco, and I’m super happy that I was …

The first semifinal is set at the Indian Wells Masters, and it’s two new faces to the last four stage in the desert. Both Daniil Medvedev and Frances Tiafoe are into their first Indian Wells semifinal.

Yesterday, Tiafoe cruised past former champion Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to reach his very first Masters semifinal.

“I just think the vibes all around. I’ve been super happy being here, I think the experience on and …

Two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova rolled back the clock coming up with one of her best wins in years upsetting American No. 1 Jessica Pegula in a thriller 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(13-11).

The 33-year-old Czech came from a break down three times in the third set. After holding a match point at 4-5 on Kvitova’s serve, Pegula served for the match at 6-5, then held three more match points in the …

Two dramatic matches began and ended the day in the desert. Rivals and Masters champions Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev collided in the first match of the day and the contest lived up to the hype with the Russian prevailing Alexander Zverev 6-7(5-7), 7-6(7-5), 7-5.

Medvedev overcame a right ankle turn in the middle of the second then overcame the nerves after failing to serve it out in the third to …

One of the things Emma Raducanu loves about being in the U.S. is driving. Speaking to the press Monday at Indian Wells, the former US Open champion offered her thoughts one of the things that makes America great.

“I have been loving my time here in the States,” said Raducanu. “Now the weather is great. It’s so easy, so functional. You can drive everywhere. I love driving, personally. So I can …

Iga Swiatek was tested Monday at Indian Wells holding on to defeat fellow Indian Wells champion Bianca Andreescu 6-3, 7-6(7-1).

In set 1, Andreescu broke at the start to lead 1-0 before Swiatek leveled. Then, Swiatek broke in game 6 for 4-2 to grab the set. There were six breaks in the second with Swiatek failing to serve it out at 5-4.

“It was a really tight match, and I’m really happy …

Teen sensation Carlos Alcaraz powered past No. 31 seed Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(7-4), 6-3 to reach the fourth round at the Indian Wells Master.

Alcaraz was rock solid on serve never saving both break points. With aid of his drop shot, Alcaraz took the breaker and then broke early in the second.

The 26-year-old Griekspoor slips to 0-8 against Top 10 players and 0-2 against the Spaniard. Alcaraz collected his 100th career win.

Defending …

American No. 1 Jessica Pegula had to rally to get by No. 26 seed Anastasia Potapova 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 in Indian Wells third round action on Sunday.

The 21-year-old Potapova had chances to go up two breaks early in the third for 3-0 before Pegula got back into it thanks a flurry of errors and double faults from the Russian.

Pegula has never lost to Potapova, leading 2-0 in tour-level head-to-head meetings.

“That …

Daniil Medvedev ran his win streak to 16 Sunday at the Indian Wells Masters defeating the 85th-ranked Ilya Ivashka 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Medvedev had won his last 18 sets until that second set wobble which saw Ivashka break the former No. 1 twice including to force a decider.

Medvedev finished with eight aces and six doubles. Ivashka drops to 2-17 against Top 10 players and 1-4 against Medvedev.

“Very tough, not easy to …

After a tough 2022 season, Daniil Medvedev appears to be back in form. The Russian will be in third round action tonight at Indian Wells against Ilya Ivashka. He’ll take a 15-match wins streak into the match having won his last three tournaments including Dubai where he handed Novak Djokovic his first loss of the season.

Medvedev didn’t play well in Australia this year, but he says the string …

Is there another sport which does a warm-up minutes before play begins? Andy Murray would like to get rid of it in tennis.

“I’d probably get rid of the four-minute warmup. I’d probably do that,” Murray said yesterday at Indian Wells when asked about what rule he would change. “It would make certain things probably a little bit trickier in terms of timing, like when you warm up for the match …

Two-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur made a successful return from knee surgery yesterday at Indian Wells, coming from a set down to defeat Magdalena Frech.

The world No. 4 is playing just her third event of 2023 and her first since bowing out of the Australian almost two months ago.

Jabeur was saddled by a knee injury which she had surgery on. However, she’s still now fully fit.

“My knee is, …