Eugenie Bouchard advances in the bnp Paribas open 2016

 Bouchard had a tough turnaround, flying from Kuala Lumpur after the final on Sunday to land in Los Angeles at 11am on Monday. With photoshoot and sponsor obligations to fulfill, it's been sleepless leadup for her with minimal practice. But she battled past Japanese qualifier risa ozaki to win, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, and set up a second round meeting with sloane stephens.

"I definitely felt out of sorts on the court," Bouchard said. "At times I felt like my tennis was awful out there. But I just tried to put that aside and keep trying to play, keep trying to play, and slowly things kind of turned around. I just tried stay in there, really."

"I felt more emotional than usual. I felt a bit weird and off on the court. It's one of those days. It was a difficult turnaround and a rough couple of days."

Laura Robson out in Indian wells 2016.

Robson lost to Rybarikova in the first round but there were encouraging signs in the loss. The former British No.1 says she's been pain-free since January, the longest pain-free stint of her two-year battle with a left wrist injury that required surgery.

"It's been the hardest thing for me to translate what I've been doing on the practice court to matches so I was pretty happy with that and everything else can definitely be worked on," Robson said. "[Get back to] feeling confident enough in the rally to move up in the court, finish shots with volleys, drive volleys, getting that variation in my game. Obviously the forehand was a bit messy, but it's all stuff that can be improved. That's the good thing about it. As long as I'm healthy I can train as much as possible and get as much work in."

Ranked No.551, Robson used her protected ranking to get into the main draw in Indian Wells and will use the rest of her protected ranking allotments through the first week of the grass season.

"My protected runs out in Eastbourne so I'd kind of be an idiot not to use them all before then," Robson said. "As much as I'd like to get more matches in at the qualifying level it would be a waste not to use them. So I plan to play virtually all the clay season, Paris, and I think I'll have one left for the first week on grass."

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Bnp Paribas open 2016 media day. The best moments

Maria Sharapova in Santa Monica. #Bodygoal

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Ana Ivanovic in Indian Wells 2016. The best moments

BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, USA MAR 09 - MAR 20 2016. Main draw singles

BNP PARIBAS OPEN INDIAN WELLS, USA MAR 09 - MAR 20. 2016

TOURNAMENT INFO

TIER: Premier
PRIZE MONEY: $6,134,605

SURFACE: Hard
DIRECTOR: Raymond Moore

Total Financial Commitment: $6,157,160. The BNP Paribas Open is the most attended tennis event in the world outside of the four Grand Slams. Since 2000, it has been held at the state-of-the-art Indian Wells Tennis Garden, which features a 16,100-seat stadium - the second-largest in the world. The venue sits in the Coachella Valley, known for its 354 days of sunshine a year, making it a perfect setting for professional tennis.

Debuting as a men's event in 1976, the women came to Indian Wells the week before the men in 1989 and then concurrently in 1996. Now held just before Miami's Sony Open Tennis in March, the two-week event has evolved into a 'Premier Mandatory', making it one of the WTA calendar's four most prestigious stops.

Among Indian Wells' many accolades are being named the WTA's Premier Tournament Of The Year five times - in 1997, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2013 - and the Premier Mandatory Tournament Of The Year in 2014; becoming the first event in the world to offer the Hawk-Eye challenge system on every match court in 2011; and becoming the first ATP/WTA combined tournament to distribute $1 million in prize money to each of its singles champions in 2012.

Indian Wells champions include WTA legends Lindsay Davenport, Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles, and more recently 21st century superstars Victoria Azarenka, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams and Caroline Wozniacki. Lisa Raymond has the tournament doubles record with seven titles.

Simona halep defending title in Indian Wells 2016. The bnp Paribas open

WTA celebrates International Women's Day with #MySuperwoman campaign

In honor of IWD, WTA's #MySuperwoman campaign aims to recognize exceptional women who make a difference by engaging with WTA players, legends, coaches, industry leaders and the online fan community.

Here's how you can join the conversation:
1. On a piece of paper, write "#MySuperwoman is (your female inspiration's name)".
2. Take a picture of you with your paper.
3. Post your photo on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram today with the following hashtags: #IWD2016 and#MySuperwoman.
4. Make sure to tag your Superwoman so she knows you celebrate her!
5. Like and share posts from players and fans to support and recognize the Superwoman they have named.

Maria Sharapova in press conference in Los Angeles 2016

Maria Sharapova announced that she had tested positive for Meldonium in Australia 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA 
Maria Sharapova held a press conference on Monday to announce she has tested positive for meldonium.
Sharapova told reporters she received a letter from the ITF after the australian open notifying her of the failed drug test.

"I failed the test and I take full responsibility for it," Sharapova said. "For the past 10 years, I have been given a medicine called Mildronate by my family doctor, and a few days ago after I received the ITF letter, I found out that it also has another name of Meldonium, which I did not know.

"It's very important for you to understand that for 10 years, this medicine was not on WADA's ban list, and I had been legally taking the medicine for the past 10 years."

Sharapova said she was prescribed the medication for health issues dating back to 2006, including magnesium deficiency, an irregular heartbeat, and a family history of diabetes.

"Throughout my long career, I have been very open and honest about many things, and I take great responsibility and professionalism in my job every single day, and I made a huge mistake," Sharapova said. "I let my fans down, and this sport down that I've been playing since the age of four and that I love so deeply.

Elina Svitolina conquer's malasian open 2016

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia
 Elina Svitolina survived a stormy Sunday final against an inspired eugenie Bouchard capture her fourth career title at the bmw malasian open 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5.

"Emotionally, I'm really exhausted now," she said in her post-match press conference.

There were few signs of the rain-interrupted epic this match would become at the start, and Bouchard, who is in the midst of a resurgence following a disappointing 2015, broke through after the first rain delay to win the first set in a tie-break.

"It was a long day. The first set was really tough and she was playing really well, but I was 5-3 up, so I was disappointed to lose the first set after such a tough fight. After we stopped a couple of times because of the rain, it was up and down."

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BNP Paribas Open champion Maria Sharapova announced her withdrawal due to an ongoing left forearm injury.

"I am extremely disappointed that I am unable to compete in this year's bnp Paribas open " she said. "I have been focused on healing my left forearm injury and tried to get my body to be 100% ready to play this event, as it is one of my favorites on the WTA and so close to my home in LA. I know the tournament will be a great success this year and I will be anxious to return next year and hopefully many years after."

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Caroline wozniacki advanced in monterrey open 2016

"It was very tough," Wozniacki said after the match. "[Lucic-Baroni] plays really strong and really hard from the baseline and I didn't have much time to get ready for my shots. So yeah, I'm very happy to be through."

Wozniacki found herself in trouble early on - she quickly found herself down 4-2 in the first set, overpowered by Lucic-Baroni's heavy groundstrokes and returns. After a word with her coach, Wozniacki came back with more aggression, winning the next four games to take back the set 6-4.

The pair contested a tight second set, holding serves and trading breaks at 3-3, staying level until Wozniacki sealed the match with a final break to Lucic-Baroni's serve as the Croatian sent a forehand wide.

"I think I just kept my head cool and just got that extra ball back, try to get a little extra pop in my shots when she was attacking me," Wozniacki said of her first-set comeback. "I got a lot of returns back and I kept the ball deep."

Eugenie Bouchard advances in Kuala Lumpur open 2016

Even a visit from the trainer midway through the second set failed to derail Bouchard, who recovered from a break down to close out the contest, 6-1, 6-4.

"She was a tough opponent. I felt like I played very aggressive and solid at the same time," Bouchard said. "I got a little dizzy at the beginning of the second set but I managed to fight through."

The conditions in the Malaysian capital have proved a thorn in the side of several players this week and they tested Bouchard physically and mentally: "It's pretty tough here - it's very humid in Malaysia. Sometimes I was seeing four balls instead of one! But the physio helped me a little bit and I just kept fighting, took it one point at a time and luckily managed to win it in two sets."

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Eugenie Bouchard into Quarter final of the Kuala Lumpur 2016

Against Nara she impressed once again, breaking four times to wrap up a 6-1, 6-2 victory.

"No match is easy. I was focused on every single point and I just tried to stay aggressive and that worked well today," Bouchard said.

Struggles on the court and injuries off it precipitated a slide down the rankings for Bouchard. However, with the help of new coach Thomas Hogstedt - whom she teamed up with last autumn - the Canadian is relishing the rebuilding process.

"I'm on the right path, but I'm not expecting it to come in one day," she added. "I know it's a long journey and I had a lot of time off because of injury. It's going to take a least a few months to get back to where I was, but I'm just trying to stay positive and focused on one tournament at a time.

"This is an opportunity to get more matches and that's what I need right now, so I'm happy I got two here already and I'm looking forward to a couple more, hopefully."

Caroline wozniacki and nina agdal in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2016

Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova in Vanity Fair's Oscar Party 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova  and are legends on the court and megastars off of it and on Sunday night they took a break from their Indian Wells preparations, stepping out for the star-studded 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles.

On the tennis court, white dresses are typically reserved for the lawns of Wimbledon, but the players changed things up for the world-famous after-party. Sharapova turned heads in her Preen By Thornton Bregazzi dress and Williams sported a dramatic Galia Lahav lace gown, along with a sleek new haircut.

Venus Williams published her thoughts on returning to the BNP Paribas Open 2016

One month after she officially announced her intent to return to the bnp Paribas open  for the first time since 2001, seven-time Grand Slam champion venus williams wrote at length about her decision and close bond with her sister, World No.1 serena williams , in the Players Tribune.

"Being the big sister," she said, "I didn't take that responsibility lightly. I knew what she was going through - debuting as a professional tennis player, growing up in front of a camera, entering public life as a young black teenager - and I knew how hard that could be. And I knew how much I would have loved to have had a big sister on tour during my first year, and how much pride I took in the knowledge that my little sister had me. Serena always has me."

Venus and Serena had stayed away from Indian Wells for nearly 15 years following an ugly incident that left both sisters, who were still in the nascent stages of their careers at the time, feeling profoundly unwelcome in a sport they loved.