The women\u2019s singles draw for Indian Wells is officially out \u2014 and Aryna Sabalenka is set to lead a stacked top half at the WTA 1000 event.<\/p>\n
World No 1 Sabalenka<\/a> is back in action for the first time since the Australian Open, and will start her Indian Wells campaign against either Alycia Parks or a qualifier in round two.<\/p>\n The two-time Indian Wells runner-up could then face 29th seed Maja Joint in round three, before a potential fourth round versus 16th seed Naomi Osaka, a fellow four-time Grand Slam champion.<\/p>\n Osaka is also in action for the first time since the Australian Open, having pulled out midway through the event due to injury.<\/p>\n Sabalenka could then face a quarter-final against sixth seed Amanda Anisimova<\/a> and a semi-final against fourth seed Coco Gauff<\/a>, two women she has forged significant rivalries with in recent years.<\/p>\n Anisimova could face 25th seed and close friend Emma Raducanu<\/a> in the third round, before a potential fourth round clash against 10th seed Victoria Mboko.<\/p>\n Gauff could face 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu in round two, and then 31st seed Alex Eala<\/a> in round three, a rematch of their Dubai Championships clash from last month.<\/p>\n The fourth seed is later projected to face seventh seed Jasmine Paolini in the quarter-final, before a potential meeting against top seed and world No 1 Sabalenka.<\/p>\n Aryna Sabalenka \u2018scar tissue\u2019 concerns addressed by Martina Navratilova after Australian Open final defeat<\/a><\/p>\n Sabalenka, Rybakina, Swiatek, Gauff? Martina Navratilova predicts Indian Wells winner<\/a><\/p>\n The bottom half of the draw is perhaps most notable for pitting second seed Iga Swiatek<\/a> and eighth seed Mirra Andreeva<\/a> in the same quarter, twelve months after Andreeva beat the world No 2 on her way to the title.<\/p>\n Swiatek could face 32nd seed Maria Sakkari \u2014 who she beat in the 2022 and 2024 Indian Wells final \u2014 in round three, and could then face a tough fourth round versus 13th seed Karolina Muchova.<\/p>\n The Pole is then projected to face reigning champion Andreeva in the last eight, though the Russian does not have the kindest of draws early on.<\/p>\n Andreeva could face 27th seed Leylah Fernandez in the third round, before a projected round four against ninth seed Elina Svitolina \u2014 who beat her in the fourth round of the Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n Either Swiatek or Andreeva could potentially face third seed and reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina<\/a> in the semi-final, with the Kazakh looking to regain the Indian Wells title she won in 2023.<\/p>\n Rybakina could face 28th seed Marta Kostyuk and then face a tough fourth round versus 15th seed Madison Keys, who was a semi-finalist at this event twelve months ago.<\/p>\n The Kazakh is then projected to face a quarter-final versus fifth seed and recent Dubai champion Jessica Pegula<\/a>, who \u2014 like Rybakina \u2014 has been in fine form so far in 2026.<\/p>\n However, the American does not have an easy draw in Tennis Paradise, with Pegula potentially set to face 26th seed Jelena Ostapenko in round three and then 12th seed Belinda Bencic in round four.<\/p>\n (1) Aryna Sabalenka vs (6) Amanda Anisimova Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>: Indian Wells Open withdrawal list: 15 players out as Medvedev, Rublev, Khachanov could follow<\/a><\/p>\n The post WTA Indian Wells Draw: Sabalenka leads stacked top half with Gauff, Anisimova, Raducanu, Eala & Mboko<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The women\u2019s singles draw for Indian Wells is officially out \u2014 and Aryna Sabalenka is set to lead a stacked top half at the WTA 1000 event. World No 1 Sabalenka is back in action for the first time since the Australian Open, and will start her Indian Wells campaign against either Alycia Parks or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1823\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
Projected women\u2019s singles quarter-finals<\/h2>\n
\n(4) Coco Gauff vs (7) Jasmine Paolini
\n(5) Jessica Pegula vs (3) Elena Rybakina
\n(8) Mirra Andreeva vs (2) Iga Swiatek<\/p>\n