Indian Wells champs
Jannik Sinner won the BNP Paribas Open, beating Daniil Medvedev to claim his first Indian Wells title and complete all six hard‑court Masters 1000 titles — a feat previously only matched by Federer and Djokovic BBC Sport and reported in tournament coverage Desert Sun. On the women’s side Aryna Sabalenka rallied to win her first BNP Paribas Open crown over Elena Rybakina in the final on March 15 The Athletic.
At 24, Sinner became the youngest man ever to complete the sweep of all six ATP Masters 1000 hard‑court titles tennis.com. He did not drop a set in Indian Wells and, by following his flawless Paris run from last November, became the first player to win consecutive Masters 1000 events without losing a set since the series began in 1990 atptour.com. Sinner entered the draw as the tournament’s second seed and sits at world No. 2 in the ATP rankings heading into the rest of the 2026 season espn.com; the champion’s cheque at BNP Paribas Open this year was $1,151,380 and the winner earned 1,000 ATP ranking points. atptour.com The final was decided by two tiebreaks (7‑6(6), 7‑6(4)) and Sinner overturned a 0‑4 deficit in the second‑set tiebreak by winning seven straight points to close out the match. espn.com On the WTA side, Sabalenka survived a championship point in the deciding‑set tiebreak to prevail 3‑6, 6‑3, 7‑6(6), which marked her 23rd WTA singles title and her 10th WTA 1000 trophy. wtatennis.com Elena Rybakina’s run to the final earned her a career‑high jump to world No. 2 when the rankings update, reshuffling the WTA top three behind world No. 1 Sabalenka. tennis365.com Both finals were played in punishing conditions: Sabalenka’s championship match lasted more than two and a half hours in the California desert, where temperatures climbed into the mid‑90s during the afternoon session. skysports.com
