Yulia Putintseva vs Paula Badosa 2026 Indian Wells Round 1 WTA Match Highlights

Turn on the magic. It's a good serve and a very confident backhand down the line. Does love to come forward as quickly as possible. Excellent serve from Badosa. Great point here for Badosa to get us all square. Beautiful forehand and put-and-saver knows she's let that one slip away. Grasimov in the put-and-saver camp this week. Well both these players have had mini little... 40-15 and they will be wasting her chance to break. Maybe not yet though. Excellent work off the backhand. Set up the winner nicely. Oh that is a gorgeous shot. Take charge of this opening set but it's looking like put-and-saver is going to have the last say. She does. The backhand of Badosa drifts long. It's a hole to love. Just one point dropped on serve then for put-and-save in the last two games. That is excellent from her. Untidy by Badosa. Oh genius. What a touch. Oh this is put-and-saver at her best. Put-and-saver is going to attack anything short. Oh I'd say I'll tell you what. This is a master class in the drop shot. To make it 4-1 at least but it could be 3-2. Oh and then she does the put-and-saver. Passage of play coming up now. And Badosa now striking the ball with real confidence. A couple of match points now here for Yulia put-and-saver. Well it certainly hasn't been an unlucky 13th visit to tennis paradise for Yulia put-and-saver. That is a very very solid win. It's a power to Badosa. The Spanish player courageous in defeat. Early on in the match she had a moment. She could have pulled away from put-and-saver but put-and-saver just stuck around. And eventually when she got the first set one it was she that pulled away from Badosa. It's a very solid performance from Yulia put-and-saver. Coming through against former champion Paola Badosa. 6-4, 6-2 in 84 minutes.