The BNP Paribas tournament is played on hardcourt and is the best-attended tennis tournament outside the four Grand Slam tournaments. It is often addressed as the "fifth Grand Slam". The 2022 edition of the tournament has started its journey quite some days before. Till now, many renowned players have lost their chance of winning the trophy whilst many unknown players have risen to the top. However, with the last eight set in the women's singles, the crowd favourite Iga Swiatek and Paula Badosa know better than ever who stand between them and the title. With that in mind, let us have a deep dive into the Indian Wells 2022 Quarterfinals' Women's Singles Draw, Preview and Fixture.

Indian Wells 2022 Quarterfinals: Match 1

• Fixture: Simona Halep Vs Petra Martic
• Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California.
• Stadium: Stadium 1.
• Date: 17th March, 2022.
• Time: 3:30 a.m.
• Head-To-Head: Halep Leads the Head-To-Head by 2-1.

The first match of the women's singles quarterfinals will feature 24th seed Simona Halep alongside 31-year-old Petra Martic.

Simona Halep began her Indian Wells 2022 campaign with a hard-contested victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova, following a solid performance at the Australian Open 2022 and the Dubai Tennis Championships. After that, she quickly overcame newcomer Coco Gauff and Sorana Cirstea to earn a spot in the quarterfinals.

Martic, on the other hand, has had a rocky start to the year. After defeating Anna Bondar and Tamara Zidansek in the Indian Wells 2022, she made up for it. In the third round, she defeated British star Emma Raducanu, which was her biggest win in the tournament. Following that, she overcame Liudmila Samsonova in the fourth round to earn herself a place in the Quarterfinals.

Match Prediction

Halep will begin the competition as the overwhelming favourite, having won 14 of her 17 matches this year. Meanwhile, Martic has beaten some tough opponents and is in fantastic shape.
Both the players will give their all in order to win the match, but Halep's record in head-to-head matches and her experience will provide her with a slight advantage.

Semifinalist: Simona Halep.

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Indian Wells 2022 Quarterfinals: Match 2

• Fixture: Iga Swiatek Vs Madison Keys.
• Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California.
• Stadium: Stadium 1.
• Date: 17th March, 2022.
• Time: 6:30 a.m.
• Head-To-Head: Swiatek leads the head-to-head 1-0.

Fourth seed Iga Swiatek and the 27-year old Madison Keys will lock horns against each other in the second match of the women's singles quarterfinals.

Swiatek has come a long way since she made a name for herself at the tender age of 19 by winning the French Open 2020. With the poise of a veteran and the shots of a champion, 19-year-old Iga Swiatek inscribed her name in tennis fans' hearts. Afterwards, from reaching the Semifinals of Adelaide international and the Australian Open 2022 to establishing her dominance over the Qatar Open, Swiatek has been in tremendous form. She advanced to the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Open after defeating Anhelina Kalinina, Clara Tauson, and former World No. 1, Angelique Kerber. The Pole won all three matches after coming back from a set down.

From overcoming two top 10 players, Paula Badosa and Barbora Krecjikova in the Australian Open 2022 to being eliminated in the first round in both Guadalajara and Monterrey, Madison Keys has depicted Inconsistency in her performance throughout the year.

However, She did begin her journey to Indian Wells 2022 by defeating Misake Doi. She then went on to upset Alison Riske and Harriet Dart to reach the WTA 1000 quarterfinals for the first time.

Match Prediction

Considering her current form and ranking, Swiatek will enter the match as the overwhelming favourite. However, Keys is yet to meet a truly difficult opponent on her path, which might work against her in the match. Swiatek's algorithm has also altered recently, and she is now playing considerably more aggressively. That would undoubtedly work in her favour. Nevertheless, if all goes well, she will easily win the match with her powerful cross-court backhands.

Semifinalist: Iga Swiatek.

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Indian Wells 2022 Quarterfinals: Match 3

• Fixture: Paula Badosa Vs Veronika Kudermetova.
• Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California.
• Stadium: Stadium 1.
• Date: 17th March, 2022.
• Time: TBD.
• Head-To-Head: Kudermetova Leads the Head-To-Head by 3-0.

The third match of the women's singles quarterfinals will feature defending champion Paula Badosa and World No. 24 Veronika Kudermetova.

Paula Badosa has rediscovered her rhythm in the California desert. She overcame Victoria Azarenka last year in a thrilling three-hour contest 7-6(5), 2-6, 7-6(2) to win the title. This year, Badosa began her title defence against Tereza Martincova in straight sets after receiving a first-round bye. Afterwards, in the third and fourth rounds, she defeated compatriot Sara Sorribes Tormo and 2021 US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez, respectively. Thus, she once again earned herself a place in the collision of the last eight.

Kudermetova, on the other hand, has put in outstanding efforts this year. Having finished second in the Melbourne Summer Set and the Dubai Tennis Championships, she began her Indian Wells campaign by defeating four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka. Despite the contest's turbulence, the 24-year-old remained composed and won the match. She then went further to defeat Marie Bouzkova and Marketa Vondrousova in thrilling sets to land herself in the quarterfinals.

Match Prediction

Considering her dominance in the head-to-head records and her recent win over the Four-time Grand Slam champion Osaka, Kudermetova will enter the match accompanied with immense confidence. Meanwhile, Badosa hasn't lost a set in this tournament and has been demonstrating tremendous form. Also, the Spaniard's strong serve, combined with her experience in the soil will incline towards her favour.

Semifinalist: Paula Badosa.

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Indian Wells 2022 Quarterfinals: Match 4

• Fixture: Maria Sakkari Vs Elena Rybakina.
• Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California.
• Stadium: Stadium 1.
• Date: 17th March, 2022.
• Time: TBD.
• Head-To-Head: Rybakina Leads the Head-To-Head by 1-0.

World No. 6 Maria Sakkari will take part in a thrilling contest against the Kazakh Elena Rybakina in the fourth match of the women's singles quarterfinals.

Maria Sakkari has had a strong start to the season, reaching the finals in St. Petersburg and the Qatar Open quarterfinals. Previously the Greek was upset by Viktorija Golubic in the Indian Wells tournament. However, this year, she has rectified her mistakes and started her campaign with a bang by defeating Katerina Siniakova, Two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova and Daria Saville to secure a place for herself in the last eight.

Elena Rybakina's promising start to the season was also hampered by injury and illness. In her first competition of 2022, the Kazakh advanced all the way to the final in Adelaide. Since then, she has fought back against Alison Van Uytvanck, former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka, and Viktorija Golubic, overcoming her physical challenges. In the process, she swiftly entered the quarterfinals.

Match Prediction

After defeating a few major names in the tournament, both players will go into the match being highly confident. Considering their playing style, both of them are highly aggressive baseliners and wouldn't let go of the match without giving each other a run for their money. However, Rybakina is expected to take one step ahead towards the semifinals by winning this match, given her form in the tournament. In addition, regardless of the winner, viewers will be treated to a riveting match that could go all the way to the third set.

Semifinalist: Elena Rybakina.

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The World's biggest Tennis tournament, Wimbledon or The Championships is the oldest Tennis tournament so far. It is considered as the most prestigious tournament. It has been organized at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. Grand Slam has four Tennis tournaments, and Wimbledon is one of them. The Australian Open, the French Open and the US Open are the other three tournaments. Wimbledon is the only tournament played on Grass courts.

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The Wimbledon Championship 2024 was the 137th time Championships. There were five main events, four junior events, and seven invitation events. Barbora Krejčíková in women's singles was proclaimed Wimbledon 2024 champion, she defeated Jasmine Paolini of Italy. There are many more champions who have won women's singles titles. So, let's have a look at the women's Wimbledon Champion list from the last 10 years.

1. 2014 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Petra Kvitová

Petra Kvitova swept past Canada's Eugenie Bouchard with a stunning performance of controlled power to win her second Wimbledon title. The Czech sixth seed reclaimed the title she first won in 2011 with a 6-3 6-0 victory. It was the 24-year-old's second major title. Kvitova did a similar demolition job on Maria Sharapova to win Wimbledon for the first time three years ago. It was also the quickest ladies’ final at Wimbledon for 31 years, since Martina Navratilova, also a Czech and an even more famous left-hander, routed Andrea Jaeger in the 1983 final.

2. 2015 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Serena Williams

Serena Williams beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza to win Wimbledon for the sixth time and complete the 'Serena Slam' as the holder of all four major titles. The 33-year-old American won 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to claim her 21st Grand Slam title and third of 2015. It's another mark in the history books for the player who many already consider the greatest woman to have ever played the game. Serena also became the oldest slam champion of the modern era by beating her excellent opponent, 12 years her junior. 

3. 2016 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Serena Williams

Serena Williams had finally won her 22nd Grand Slam title, besting Angelique Kerber in the finals at Wimbledon 2016. The American, 34, coped with a gusty wind on Centre Court to win 7-5 6-3. With this, she got her seventh singles title on the grass courts of The Championships, and she had finally tied Steffi Graf for the most major titles in the Open Era.

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4. 2017 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Garbiñe Muguruza

Garbine Muguruza defeated Venus Williams 7-5, 6-0 to clinch the 2017 Wimbledon women's singles championship, the second major title of her career. It was a strange contest, the first women’s final under the roof. The Spaniard finished as runner-up to the American's sister, Serena, in this same fixture two years ago but claimed some redemption after sailing to this year's crown.

5. 2018 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber beat seven-time champion Serena Williams to win her first Wimbledon title and spoil the American's dream comeback as a mother. The German 11th seed, 30, beat the 23-time Grand Slam champion 6-3 6-3 to add this title to her 2016 Australian Open and US Open crowns.

6. 2019 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Simona Halep

Simona Halep has made Wimbledon history by becoming the first Romanian to win the Grand Slam with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over seven-time champion Serena Williams. She won her first Grand Slam title at last year’s French Open but had gone into her first final here as the clear underdog.

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7. 2021 Wimbledon Championships Winner- Ash Barty

Ashleigh Barty claimed her first Wimbledon title - and second singles Grand Slam crown, beating Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-7 (7-4) 6-3 in a rollercoaster women's singles final. Barty, who claimed a first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros two years ago, was the first Australian to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish since her idol Evonne Goolagong Cawley won the second of two Wimbledon titles in 1980. She was only the third Australian woman to triumph in the Open era, joining Goolagong Cawley (also the 1971 winner) and 1970 champion Margaret Court.

8. 2022 Wimbledon Championships winner- Elena Rybakina

Elena Rybakina became the first player representing Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory against No.3 Ons Jabeur.  After sealing her first championship point with a service winner, Rybakina celebrated the 1-hour, 48-minute win with barely a fist pump. In the first Wimbledon title match between first-time Grand Slam finalists of the Open Era,  Rybakina, 23, also became the youngest woman to lift the Venus Rosewater Dish since 21-year-old Petra Kvitova in 2011. She was also the fourth-youngest active major champion on the Hologic WTA Tour, older than only Iga Swiatek, Bianca Andreescu, and Emma Raducanu.

9. 2023 Wimbledon Championships winner- Markéta Vondroušová

Markéta Vondroušová made history as the first unseeded player to win the ladies singles championship at Wimbledon in a stunning 6-4, 6-4 upset over the No. 6 seed Ons Jabeur, who was the runner-up for a second straight year. The 24-year-old lefty joins two other Czech-born left-handers, Martina Navratilova and Petra Kvitová to take home the Wimbledon title.

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10. 2024 Wimbledon Championships winner- Barbora Krejčíková

Barbora Krejcikova is the Wimbledon ladies' singles champion after the 31st seed earned an impressive 6-2 2-6 6-4 win over Jasmine Paolini to claim the title for the first time. Heading into the Wimbledon final, Krejcikova was a seven-time Major doubles champion, the 2021 French Open singles winner and an Olympic gold medallist. She had even completed the career Slam in doubles, winning each of the four big titles at least once.

The full list of entrants for the Paris Olympics 2024 Tennis Event has been confirmed on Thursday at Wimbledon by the International Tennis Federation (ITF), organizer of the event on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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The Paris Olympics 2024 will be held on clay at the Roland Garros Stadium over nine days, from 27 July to 4 August. It will be played on 12 competition courts, with six more for training. The Philippe-Chatrier stadium, which can seat 15,000, and the Suzanne-Lenglen stadium, which can hold 9,000, will be the main courts and both have retractable roofs.

Lebanon makes its Olympic debut

A total of 41 nations will be represented, with 184 players competing in five events (men's and women's singles, doubles, and mixed doubles). Lebanon will make its debut in the competition. Sixty-four players will compete in both singles events, while 32 teams will contest both doubles events. Entries for the 16-team mixed doubles event will be determined on July 24.

Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray lead the list

The men's and women's singles rosters feature top players such as world No. 1 players Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, and Elena Rybakina. The lists also include other former Olympic champions such as Rafa Nadal, a singles and doubles gold medalist, as well as two-time singles gold medalist Andy Murray and Beijing 2008 doubles gold medalist Stan Wawrinka. 

There is a limit of four singles players per gender and country. Nations have also been able to nominate up to two doubles teams per event, with a maximum of six players per gender per country in total.

Under the ITF Ranking System, all players must be in good standing with their national federation and have met the eligibility requirements for the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup. Any player who did not meet this criteria could have had his or her national federation apply for an exemption from the ITF Olympic Committee. The ATP and WTA rankings as of June 10 were used for entry.

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For men's and women's doubles, the top 24 teams were selected on a combined singles or doubles ranking, with the top 10 doubles players eligible to enter directly with any partner with a Top 300 ranking. In accordance with IOC player quota regulations, for the remaining eight teams priority was given to teams that included two singles players, followed by teams that included one singles player.

Entries for the mixed doubles event, which will feature 16 teams, will be determined on-site from players already competing in singles or doubles, with a maximum of one team per country. Registration closes at 11:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on Wednesday 24 July and the ITF will announce the entry list shortly afterward.

Check out the full entry list of Paris Olympics 2024 here

World No. 1 Iga Siwatek defeated Jasmine Paolini by 6-2, 6-1 in the Roland Garros final to win her fourth French Open and fifth Grand Slams title. The Polish tennis star took just 68 minutes to win the final and keep her 100% record intact in the Grand Slam finals.

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With this win, Iga Swiatek became the third Women's tennis player in the open era to win the Roland Garros in three consecutive years. Before her only Monica Seles in 1990-92 and Justine Henin in 2005-07 were able to accomplish the ‘three-peat' in Roland-Garros. 

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Iga now extended her Roland-Garros win streak to 21 matches. It was in 2021 when she lost a match at Roland Garros in the quarter-finals against Maria Sakkari.

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The No. 1 WTA tennis player took just 34 minutes to win the first set and another 34 minutes to win the second. Although in the first three games of the first set, Jasmine Paolini tried her best to make a match in the final, Iga powered through five games in a row to claim the first set. 

The Italian was not able to put up any resistance against Iga as the Polish star won the second set very easily. 

World number one player Iga Swiatek will face Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the women's singles final of the French Open 2024 at Roland Garros, Paris on Saturday.

Jasmine Paolini had not been able to go beyond the fourth round in any Grand Slam before. Indian tennis fans are eager to watch the women's final of the French Open 2024. In such a situation, know here where and how you can watch this final match.

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How to watch French Open 2024 women's singles final in India?

According to Indian time, this great tennis match will start on Saturday (June 08) at 6:30 pm. You can watch the live telecast of this tournament on Sony Sports Network. Apart from this, you can also watch its live streaming on Sony Liv and JioTV in India. 

Swiatek and Paolini's route to French Open 2024 final

Current champion Iga Swiatek has taken a big step towards her third consecutive French Open title by defeating America's Coco Gauff 6-2, 6-4 in the semi-finals. She won her 11th win out of her 12 matches against Coco Gauff.

In the second semifinal, Italy's Jasmine Paolini defeated Russian young player Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final and continued Italy's success in this tournament.

23-year-old Switek will try to win her fourth and third consecutive French Open title. On the other hand, 28-year-old Paolini has reached the final of the French Open for the first time. But the 12th seed has played some inspired tennis this season. She won the Dubai Masters in February, the biggest title of her career.

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Head-to-head record

When it comes to head-to-head record, Swiatek leads Paolini 2-0. They first faced each other in an ITF event in Prague six years ago, which remains their only meeting on clay. The next time they played against each other was during the first round of a title-winning run for Swiatek at the 2022 US Open.

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