11:35 PM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — If Dominic Thiem needed a reminder that anything was possible before his stunning three-set upset of 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in the men’s final of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, 18-year-old Bianca Andreescu provided that pep talk. With her 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over three-time
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9:50 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Dominic Thiem edged error-prone Roger Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, denying Federer a record sixth title in the desert. Thiem trailed 4-3 and 5-4 in the third set before breaking Federer with a forehand winner to go up 6-5.
11:46 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Bianca Andreescu had thought herself a champion many times. Now it’s true. The 18-year-old Canadian, who practices visualization every morning, upset three-time major champion Angelique Kerber 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday, becoming the first wild-card winner and second-youngest to claim
7:11 PM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The most newsworthy event Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open took place before any player stepped onto center court. Moments before the first semifinal of the day, which No. 7 Dominic Thiem won 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 6-4 over heavy-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic, Rafael Nadal announced he was
2:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from his BNP Paribas Open semifinal match with Roger Federer due to a right knee injury. “I warmed up today, and I felt that my knee was not good to compete at the level I needed to compete in [the] semifinals,” Nadal said. Nadal said
9:24 AM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — When 18-year-old Bianca Andreescu, the first wild card to make the final at the BNP Paribas Open, tells the story of her improbable run to the biggest title match of her young career, she won’t lead with her overwhelming upset of two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza in
7:56 PM ET Associated Press INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — It’s Federer vs. Nadal again, only this time it’ll be in the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open. Roger Federer beat Hubert Hurkacz 6-4, 6-4 and Rafael Nadal got by Karen Khachanov 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2) on Friday to set up the old rivals’ 39th career
11:16 AM ET Associated Press LONDON — A Chilean tennis player has been banned for life for trying to bribe an opponent. The Tennis Integrity Unit says 31-year-old Mauricio Alvarez-Guzman offered his opponent 1,000 euros ($1,130) to lose a set during a 2016 tournament in Germany. Alvarez-Guzman was also found guilty of bribing his way
10:30 AM ET INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — For four rounds in the California desert, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams looked as primed for a run to a final as she has since, well, last year at this very tournament. A year ago at Indian Wells, she was ranked No. 8, played through two top-25
7:24 PM ET Associated Press LONDON — Paul Hutchins, the former British Davis Cup captain who led the team to the final in 1978, has died. He was 73. The Lawn Tennis Association and Hutchins’ family announced the death on Thursday. The family said in a statement to Britain’s Press Association that Hutchins, who had