Grand Slam champions Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki have been awarded wildcards to play within the Indian Wells match subsequent month, stay on Sky Sports activities.
Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, has not performed since struggling an early exit from final yr’s US Open after a humbling defeat by qualifier Greet Minnen within the first spherical.
The 43-year-old American and former world No 1 will return to Indian Wells for the primary time since 2019, when she reached the quarter-finals.
Wozniacki, 33, made a comeback to the circuit final yr after a three-year break following the births of her two kids. She reached the fourth spherical of the US Open, the place she misplaced to eventual champion Coco Gauff, and made it to the second spherical of the Australian Open final month.
Denmark’s Wozniacki, a former world No 1 and Australian Open champion in 2018, will probably be again in Indian Wells after a five-year hiatus, having received in 2011.
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The BNP Paribas Open will probably be held on the Indian Wells Tennis Backyard from March 6-17 and you’ll watch the match stay on Sky Sports activities. Stream tennis and extra with a NOW Sports activities Month Membership