Author: Andrew L. John, Palm Springs Desert Sun

Following years of tennis frustration at Indian Wells, the American men have a lot to be excited and optimistic about this year.

The world No. 1 had applied for a waiver to bypass a U.S. mandate that all foreign travelers flying into the country be vaccinated for COVID-19.

The tournament said that security was unable to locate, and therefore did not remove, the individual who shouted at Osaka while she was on court.

The win was Simona Halep’s first over a seeded player at Indian Wells in four years. The Romanian tennis star won the BNP Paribas Open in 2015.

A heckling fan shouting “Naomi, you suck!” brought four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka to tears at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

On Wednesday, two weeks after the beginning of the Russian invasion, Dayana Yastremska walked out onto Stadium Court at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

In any other year, the idea that the biggest name in boxing, Canelo Alvarez, would fight at a small venue with few seats would be unthinkable.

Michael Dowse, the newly appointed executive director of the USTA, told Inside Tennis that it’s possible the U.S. Open could be moved to Indian Wells.

Buster Douglas’ shocking upset of Mike Tyson in Tokyo is still viewed as perhaps the biggest upset in boxing, if not all of professional sports.