All you need to know about the Indian Wells Masters 2022 or Paribas Open women’s Singles Draw, players, tournament schedule, tickets
The BNP Paribas Open aka Indian Open or Indian Wells Masters has already been kicked off with the women’s fixtures and qualifiers to be played tomorrow.
World No. 1 and 2022 Australian Open champion Ashleigh Barty has withdrawn from Indian Wells as well as Miami Open as she needs time to recover. The 44-year-old is expected to be back in April. On the other hand, Naomi Osaka has been awarded a wild card entry to defend the title. The Japanese year did not start very well as she failed to continue for long at the first Grand Slam of the year exiting early in the third round. Sofia Kenin also got a wild card entry at the tournament.
The 2020 edition of the Indian Open was suspended because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Indian Wells Masters 2022 Women’s Singles Players
The current champion of the women’s singles tournament is Paula Badosa who is back to defend her title as one of the strongest contenders.
With Ash Barty withdrawing, Top-seeded players like Naomi Osaka (Wild Card), Iga Swiatek, Jelena Ostapenko, Anett Kontaveit will be seen to make the tournament entertaining and full of action.
With World No. 1 withdrawing and the Williams sisters not playing either, Osaka will be looking forward to snatching the title after her not so good opening of the season. Current champion Paula Badosa won’t be easy to fight with, looking at her strong form. World No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka meanwhile has been in improving form and it will be really interesting to see the reigning Champion of the French Open Barbora Krejcikova and US Open Emma Raducanu ‘s defending at the tournament.
The Betting Odds are available here.
Indian Wells Masters 2022 Women’s Singles Schedule, Dates, Time, Draw, Fixtures, Qualifiers
Venue: Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Qualifiers: 8-10 March
Round of 64: 11-12 March
Round of 16: 13- 14 March
Quarter-final: 15-16 March
Semi-final: 17-18 March
Final: 19 March
The matches will begin at 11:00 pm USA, 7:00 am UK and 12:30 am IST.
Indian Wells Masters Prize Money Pool Distribution
The money decided for the tournament is $8,584,055 while the Total Financial Commitment is $9,554,920.
Women’s Singles Points And Prize Money Breakdown:
Winners: $1,231,245/1,000 points
Finalist: $646,110/600 points
Semi-finalist: $344,985/360 points
Quarter-finalist: $179,940/180 points
Round of 16: $94,575/90 points
Round of 32: $54,400/45 points
Round of 64: $30,130/25 points
Round of 96: $18,200/10 points
Indian Wells Masters 2022 Paribas Open TV Telecast And Live Broadcast: When And Where To Watch?
USA and Canada: Fans from USA can watch matches on Tennis Channel while in Canada, TSN will broadcast the live matches.
UK: Fans from UK can watch the live broadcast on Amazon.
India: Viacom18 will be broadcasting live matches for Indian Fans on Voot.
The tickets for the tournament can be bought here.
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