Indian Wells Tennis 2017: Monday Scores, Results, Updated Schedule
While many of the superstars such as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were not on Monday's singles calendar, the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California, still featured a number of marquee third-round matches on the men's and women's sides.
Venus Williams, Stan Wawrinka and Angelique Kerber headlined the third-round action. With that in mind, here is a look at the full Monday scoreboard, as well as the notable results.
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Monday Scores
| Men's Singles | |
| (8) Dominic Thiem vs. (29) Mischa Zverev | 6-1, 6-4 (Thiem) |
| (3) Stan Wawrinka vs. (28) Philipp Kohlschreiber | 7-5, 6-3 (Wawrinka) |
| (10) Gael Monfils vs. (20) John Isner | 6-2, 6-4 (Monfils) |
| (27) Pablo Cuevas vs. Fabio Fognini | 6-1, 6-4 (Cuevas) |
| (11) David Goffin vs. (22) Albert Ramos-Vinolas | 7-6 (3), 6-4 (Goffin) |
| Vasek Pospisil vs. Dusan Lajovic | 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-5 (Lajovic) |
| (13) Tomas Berdych vs. Yoshihito Nishioka | 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 (Nishioka) |
| (21) Pablo Carreno Busta vs. (16) Roberto Bautista Agut | Walkover (Busta) |
| Women's Singles | |
| (12) Venus Williams vs. Lucie Safarova | 6-4, 6-2 (Williams) |
| (9) Madison Keys vs. Naomi Osaka | 6-1, 6-4 (Keys) |
| (6) Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Shuai Peng | 6-4, 6-4 (Peng) |
| (4) Simona Halep vs. (28) Kristina Mladenovic | 6-3, 6-3 (Mladenovic) |
| (13) Caroline Wozniacki vs. Katerina Siniakova | 6-3, 6-1 (Wozniacki) |
| (2) Angelique Kerber vs. Pauline Parmentier | 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 (Kerber) |
| (14) Elena Vesnina vs. (25) Timea Babos | 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 (Vesnina) |
| Lauren Davis vs. Julia Goerges | 6-1, 6-4 (Davis) |
Tuesday Schedule
| Stadium 1 | |
| (8) Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. (21) Caroline Garcia | 11 a.m. |
| (5) Rafael Nadal vs. (26) Fernando Verdasco | Next |
| (12) Venus Williams vs. Shuai Peng | Not before 2 p.m. |
| (9) Roger Federer vs. (24) Steve Johnson | Next |
| (2) Novak Djokovic vs. (31) Juan Martin del Potro | Not before 7 p.m. |
| (9) Madison Keys vs. (13) Caroline Wozniacki | Not before 8:30 p.m. |
| Stadium 2 | |
| (4) Kei Nishikori vs. (25) Gilles Muller | 11 a.m. |
| (5) Dominika Cibulkova vs. (19) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Not before 1 p.m. |
| (15) Nick Kyrgios vs. (18) Alexander Zverev | Next |
| (12) Grigor Dimitrov vs. (17) Jack Sock | Next |
| (2) Angelique Kerber vs. (14) Elena Vesnina | Not before 6 p.m. |
| Stadium 3 | |
| (14) Lucas Pouille vs. Donald Young | 11 a.m. |
| Taylor Fritz vs. Malek Jaziri | Next |
| (3) Karolina Pliskova vs. (15) Timea Bacsinszky | Next |
| (7) Garbine Muguruza vs. (10) Elina Svitolina | Next |
| (28) Kristina Mladenovic vs. Lauren Davis | Next |
| Stadium 4 | |
| (4) Sania Mirza/Barbora Strycova vs. (6) Yung-Jan Chan/Martina Hingis | 3 p.m. |
| Lucie Hradecka/Katerina Siniakova vs. Lara Arruabarrena/Chen Liang | Next |
Notable Monday Results
Venus Williams def. Lucie Safarova; 6-4, 6-2
Williams made her third-round matchup look more like a first-round warm-up Monday with a straightforward 6-4, 6-2 victory over Lucie Safarova. Tennis journalist Jose Morgado noted Williams will play in the fourth round at Indian Wells for the first time in 16 years.
According to the tournament's official website, Williams won 75 percent of first-service points compared to 68 for Safarova. However, the primary difference on the serve came on the second serves when Williams won 53 percent compared to just 27 percent for her challenger.
The WTA shared one of her impressive points:
Williams also saved four of five break points and prevented Safarova from ever truly getting back into the match.
Angelique Kerber def. Pauline Parmentier; 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
Williams won with relative ease, but Kerber enjoyed nothing of the sort, barely making it past Pauline Parmentier in a thrilling three-set match, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5.
Kerber outlasted Parmentier in a back-and-forth first set but lost that momentum with a lackluster effort in the second set. That appeared to carry over into the third and decisive one when Kerber fell behind 4-1, but she came roaring back down the stretch to escape with the win.
Her relentlessness proved to be the difference.
According to the tournament's official website, Kerber created 20 break points in 16 return games, winning seven of them. That onslaught of pressure when Parmentier was serving was too much over the course of the lengthy match.
Allowing someone as talented as Kerber more break points than return games played is not a recipe for an upset, even if Parmentier played incredibly well for most of the match.
The WTA shared some of Kerber's post-match comments:
The Associated Press (h/t ESPN.com) noted Kerber will assume the No. 1 spot in the WTA Tour rankings after this tournament because Serena Williams withdrew from the BNP Paribas Open with a knee injury.
While that is a nice carrot awaiting her, Kerber is still looking to win the title and will be challenged again in the fourth round against No. 14 seed Elena Vesnina. She holds a 3-1 head-to-head advantage against Vesnina, per WTATennis.com, and will try to extend that in the upcoming showdown.
Stan Wawrinka def. Philipp Kohlschreiber; 7-5, 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber challenged Wawrinka in the first set, but the Swiss star ultimately cruised to a straight-sets victory.
The two remained on serve for the majority of the first set before Wawrinka earned a critical break and notched the 7-5 win. He parlayed that momentum into a straightforward second set, seizing a 5-2 lead and then finishing the match with his serve.
According to the event's official website, Wawrinka tallied seven aces to just one from Kohlschreiber. Wawrinka also forced 10 break points, winning two of them, and didn't allow Kohlschreiber to earn a single break-point opportunity, let alone an actual break.
Wawrinka will face Yoshihito Nishioka in the fourth round after Nishioka notched a three-set win over Tomas Berdych. Wawrinka has never faced Nishioka in his career but will have enough to advance if he controls the match like he did Monday.
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