WTA Indian Wells 2025

[Aussie Darcy]

Why wasn’t Igloo defaulted

Not to defend Swiatek cause that looked bad but the ball didn't hit the kid, we've seen players literally hit balls kids with their recklessness and not get punished.

But I will say she's really not endearing herself to the fans of the tour. While Sabalenka, Keys and Andreeva are highly marketable and funny/charasmatic, Iga just keeps doing this crap.

 

[AM75]

It’s not just one match. Swiatek has not played a final since June 2024.

It's a psychological toll of a very unfair doping suspension.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Oh lord Sabalenka isn't going to double bagel Keys is she.

6-0 2-0.

Ouch.

 

[AM75]

Is this for real? Keys gets a bagel? It's either Sabalenka learned her lesson from the final or Keys is totally off, yesterday she looked invincible x 3.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Sabalenka up 6-0 3-0 in 36 minutes over the reigning Aus Open champ in a rematch of that final is INSANE.

I know Aryna is #1 but she lost to Keys 1.5 months ago in that final and Madison is now #5. This is crazy.

 

[Steffi-forever]

Oh lord Sabalenka isn't going to double bagel Keys is she.

6-0 2-0.

Ouch.

20 years after Davenport/Sharapova!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Sabalenka breaks again! 6-0 4-0.

She wants to humiliate Keys, and do it to her in Madi's home country.

I'm beyond words.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

20 years after Davenport/Sharapova!

Probably the last time a reigning slam champ got double bagelled right?

I was trying to think if it had happened before.

 

[tennisjedi]

Disaster of a 2nd semifinal match.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Disaster of a 2nd semifinal match.

Not if your Sabalenka or a Sabalenka fan.

Ouch for Keys though, this is brutal.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

This is just clinical.

Stunning by Sabalenka with that dropshot.

She holds.

6-0 5-0 in 43 minutes.

One game away from the VERY rare double bagel of a top 10 player and reigning slam champ.

 

[spystud]

Now she's messing around with droppers just because she can.

 

[Devil_dog]

Did Maddy Keys get someone from the stands to play for her??? Holy hell.

 

[tennisjedi]

Will Sabalenka be kind enough to give a game to Keys?

 

[AM75]

Do we think Sabalenka will choke now and let Keys win from 0:6 0:5? It's WTA after all...

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Hey Madison gets a game. The crowd erupt.

The complete embarrassment is avoided.

 

[tennisjedi]

Double bagel avoided.

 

[spystud]

Ha, hands to the skies.

 

[Devil_dog]

11 games later, Keys is just warming up! /s

 

[tx10is]

holy crap I went to get in a out and sabalenka already basically won lol Sabalenka has the ability to stop Andreeva she's up 4-1 h2 h

 

[GhostDog]

Shocking result in this Sabs vs Keys match. Outch.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Annihilation complete.

Sabalenka gets her perfect revenge for the Aus Open final and embarrasses Keys 6-0 6-1.

That was something else. Breezy 51 minutes.

 

[spystud]

Calling that a whoopin’ isn’t even accurate. Something a lot worse.

 

[AM75]

WHAT WAS IT?

 

[Devil_dog]

The tournament made a mistake: They accidentally booked ALICIA Keys to play on exho with Sabs...

 

[Aussie Darcy]

People wondered why Sabalenka was so upset after that Aus Open final with her head in the towel and needing to go off court in tears. It's cause it was a tight match and she played one poor game to lose it.

She hated herself for it and wanted revenge, and there it was. 6-0 6-1 in 51 minutes.

Probably the worst loss of a reigning slam champ since Sharapova's double bagel loss 20 years ago. Maybe there's one of like Vondrousova or Sloane or something but considering Keys was on a 16 match winning streak, that is embarrassing.

 

[Devil_dog]

All credit to Sabalenka, she's a bad ass. Full stop.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Good luck to Andreeva facing that version of Sabalenka in the final.

Sure, she got the win over Aryna at RG last year but I saw Aryna easily handle her in Brisbane 2 months ago 6-3 6-2 and then she thrashed her at the Aus Open 6-1 6-2.

Sabalenka on fire.

 

[BlueB]

Bagel and breadstick, by master baker Saba!

 

[Moose Malloy]

anyone have the stats on this? curious how many winners Keys had.

 

[NaomiKonjuhPotapova]

People wondered why Sabalenka was so upset after that Aus Open final with her head in the towel and needing to go off court in tears. It's cause it was a tight match and she played one poor game to lose it.

She hated herself for it and wanted revenge, and there it was. 6-0 6-1 in 51 minutes.

Probably the worst loss of a reigning slam champ since Sharapova's double bagel loss 20 years ago. Maybe there's one of like Vondrousova or Sloane or something but considering Keys was on a 16 match winning streak, that is embarrassing.

I don't think people wonder why she upset, we just wonder why she had to be dramatic about it on the court with the racket smashes.

Love Sabalenka but we call spade a spade.

 

[TheGoldenEra1990’s]

So you can hand Keys bakery products here but give her her only career slam at the AO? Complete headcase Sabalenka is at slams

 

[bullfan]

i cant believe how crappy the matches were due to the weather. in theory these were set to be good matches, and the weather jacked it all up

 

[Aussie Darcy]

I don't think people wonder why she upset, we just wonder why she had to be dramatic about it on the court with the racket smashes.

Love Sabalenka but we call spade a spade.

Losing a slam in the blink of an eye.... I can understand a racket smash lol.

She didn't refuse to shake hands or call her opponent a ***** as we've seen others do...

 

[Tallawah Tennis]

Andreeva topples two-time champion Swiatek to make first Indian Wells final

Mirra Andreeva ended No. 2 Iga Swiatek's quest for a third BNP Paribas Open title, beating the defending champion in three sets to extend her win streak to 11 matches and advance to her second consecutive WTA 1000 final.

www.wtatennis.com

Awesome win, great tenacity. Congrats to the youngster!

Yah, man, superb stuff, like the kid. With Sabalenka in this mood, anticipating she will lift the trophy, but hoping MA stays focused.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

Hadn't been following the doubles.

The final is:
Muhammad/Schuurs v Mihalikova/Nicholls.

Both unseeded. That's.... an interesting lineup.

More surprising is the teams they beat in the SF's were #1 Siniakova/Townsend and #5 Hsieh/Zhang.

 

[spystud]

^ Ha, I read that somewhere!

The doubles draw certainty didn’t fall the same way. All-unseeded final.

Muhammad/Schuurs v. Mihalikova/Nicholls. Hey, there’s a Brit!

 

[Aussie Darcy]

^ Ha, I read that somewhere!

Whoopsy. Too busy recovering from the Sabalenka whooping.

No offense to those ladies but you couldn't pay me to tune in to that one. Good luck to both teams but.

 

[tennis4me]

She had to get at least a warning for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Did she not get a warning at all?

 

[AM75]

Did she not get a warning at all?

I think not.

 

[AM75]

i cant believe how crappy the matches were due to the weather. in theory these were set to be good matches, and the weather jacked it all up

The weather and the wind wrack havoc since last week. I wonder how different the tournament could be if the weather would be better. The ball is kinda unpredictable, so basically the one who could adapt better would win the match. I would go crazy in this circumstances.

 

[Moose Malloy]

can anyone make out what Swiatek is complaining about?

 

[tennis4me]

I believe she said "but the ball kid is running around. ..." Definitely preferential treatment, should've at least gotten a warning. She's showing her true colors.

 

[spystud]

anyone have the stats on this? curious how many winners Keys had.

Actually kinda surprised the #s aren’t worse.

Sabalenka finished with 14 winners to 10 unforced errors and converted five of six break points. Meanwhile, Keys had 10 winners to 18 unforced errors, with one break point—but she didn't convert.

Final points count: Sabalenka 53, Keys 27.

 

[spystud]

Sabalenka ended Keys' 16-match winning streak and got some revenge for her loss to the American in the Australian Open final. Keys beat Sabalenka in three sets in January at Melbourne Park, denying Sabalenka a third consecutive title.

"I didn't expect this match to be that fast," Sabalenka said. "I'm super happy with the way I played today -- much-needed revenge."

Sabalenka, who reached the Indian Wells final in 2023, said she was looking forward to playing the teenage Andreeva.

"It feels like old mama playing against the kid," Sabalenka, 26, said. "I'm like what, nine years older than her? She is two years younger than my sister and I look at my sister as a kid. It's crazy."

Revenge is also on the mind of Andreeva, who lost to the world No. 1 in straight sets in the fourth round of the Australian Open.

"I'm going to try to take revenge because I still have nothing to lose," Andreeva said. "I feel like the match is going to be entertaining. There are going to be a lot of winners, a lot of great points."

 

[Sudacafan]

Wasn’t Keys injured?

 

[Arak]

Swiatek is clearly affected by lack of sleep due to her melatonin supplements containing steroids.

 

[marc45]

Good luck to Andreeva facing that version of Sabalenka in the final.

Sure, she got the win over Aryna at RG last year but I saw Aryna easily handle her in Brisbane 2 months ago 6-3 6-2 and then she thrashed her at the Aus Open 6-1 6-2.

Sabalenka on fire.

that's why if Andreeva pulls it off it will be astonishing to see her out tough Iga and then beat Sabs...she would cement herself as the new superstar in women's tennis and we'll have to start paying attention to every match she plays...let's see if she's up to it

 

[Winners or Errors]

Yuck. Not watching this final.

 

[Aussie Darcy]

that's why if Andreeva pulls it off it will be astonishing to see her out tough Iga and then beat Sabs...she would cement herself as the new superstar in women's tennis and we'll have to start paying attention to every match she plays...let's see if she's up to it

Well… let’s not forget that is exactly what Keys did at the Aus Open.

She beat Swiatek and then Sabalenka back to back in the SF and Final. And that was for a slam!

And then look at how she just fared yesterday against Sabalenka for the rematch. Let’s not base one or two matches and decide if it cements someone.

I’m not downplaying Andreeva, I’ve been speaking and hyping her for 2 years. But beating #1 Sabalenka and #2 Swiatek isn’t something new as Keys did it barely 2 months ago and that didn’t exactly turn great today.