Karolina Pliskova had an excellent February (championship in Cluj-Napoca and semi-finalist in Doha), but the athlete from the Czech Republic made her left-handed debut in the US competition and exited the WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells in the opening round. .

Karolina Pliskova and Venus Williams were eliminated from Indian Wells 2024

Pliskova, currently ranked 39th in the world, was defeated in three sets by Anna Blinkova (45 WTA) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

The former WTA leader (July 2017) died after an hour and 47 minutes of play.

Russian Blinkova, who won her only WTA title in Romania (Transylvania Open 2022), will face American Jessica Pegula (5th favorite) in the next round.

On the same day, Venus Williams was eliminated by Japan’s Nao Hibino (80 WTA), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.

The former WTA number one, the American (7 Grand Slam singles titles) played a two-hour match at the competition in the Californian desert.

Indian Wells 2024 – Results posted on Wednesday, March 7

Lucia Bronzetti – Magdalena Frech 6-2, 6-4

Emma Radukanu – Rebekah Masarova 6-2, 6-3

Kateryna Sinyakova – Welcome Minnen 7-5, 7-6(3)

Klara Burel – Xiu Wang 4-6, 6-2, 6-4

Nadia Podoroska – Ashlyn Kruger 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Daniel Collins – Erika Andreeva 7-6(3), 7-6(6)

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz – McCartney Kessler 6-3, 7-6(3)

Caroline Wozniacki – Lin Zhu 7-6(6), 6-1

Nao Hibino – Venus Williams 2-6, 6-3, 6-0

Haley Baptiste-Robin Montgomery 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Anna Blinkova – Karolina Plishkova 6-1, 2-6, 6-4

Taylor Townsend – Magda Lynette 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1

Naomi Osaka – Sarah Errani 6-3, 6-1

Diane Parry – Martina Trevisan 7-5, 6-3

Xinyu Wang – Anna Karolina Schmidlova 6-0, 6-4

Okean Dodin – Elina Avanesyan 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)

Lesya Tsurenko – Liv Govde 6-3, 6-1

Caroline Dolehide – Christina Buchs 6-2, 6-0

Sloane Stephens – Mayar Sheriff 7-5, 6-3.

The BNP Paribas Open is a WTA 1000 tournament that takes place from March 6 to 17. The game is played on a hard surface and the total prize pool is $8,995,555. Titled champion – Olena Rybakina.