By Chris Oddo | Wednesday March 13, 2019
Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—today we’ll go over all the haps on a busy Wednesday at Indian Wells.
1
Number of lucky losers that have reached the quarter-finals at the BNP Paribas Open since the event became a Masters 1000 event in 1990. And that player is Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic, who went through today when Yoshihito Nishioka retired after dropping the opening set 6-4.
6-2
Karen Khachanov’s record in tiebreakers against John Isner. The Russian took out the No. 8 seed 6-4 7-6(1) to reach the quarter-finals and set up a clash with Rafael Nadal. The Russian is now 4-0 lifetime against Isner even though he has only broken the American’s serve twice.
49
Number of career titles won by Venus Williams. The other seven WTA quarter-finalists have combined to win 47.
0
Defeats for Naomi Osaka and Simona Halep on Tuesday mean that for the first time in the tournament’s history none of the Top 4 seeds have made the Indian Wells quarterfinals.
2
Number of ATP teenagers that reached the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open (Shapovalov, Kecmanovic). It’s the first time that this has happened since 2007 when Djokovic and Murray did the trick.
11
Number of matches won in succession by Belinda Bencic after she knocked off Naomi Osaka for her second career win over a reigning No.1. The Swiss will face Karolina Pliskova on Thursday for a shot in the semis. If she win she would surpass her previous best winning streak, which she achieved in 2017.