Did Paula Badosa and Victoria Azarenka play 2021's Match of the Year in Indian Wells?

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Did Paula Badosa and Victoria Azarenka play 2021's Match of the Year in Indian Wells?

Badosa overcame the former world No. 1 in just over three hours to win the BNP Paribas Open crown.

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Federico Delbonis
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Arthur Rinderknech
A. Rinderknech
 
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Shuai Zhang
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Roberto Carballes Baena
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Henri Laaksonen
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Liudmila Samsonova
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Ajla Tomljanovic
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6 6
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Marta Kostyuk
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4 4
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Irina-Camelia Begu
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N. Parrizas Diaz
 
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Ann Li
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Norbert Gombos
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4 2
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Dayana Yastremska
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6 5 4
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Brandon Nakashima
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6 6
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Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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Andreas Seppi
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Dennis Novak
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Novak Djokovic
SRB
Ranking Points 11,430
Tournaments 17 singles (4 doubles)
Daniil Medvedev
2
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RUS
Ranking Points 9,630
Tournaments 26 singles (6 doubles)
Stefanos Tsitsipas
3
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GRC
Ranking Points 7,995
Tournaments 28 singles (14 doubles)
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Ranking Points 6,930
Tournaments 26 singles (11 doubles)
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5
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ESP
Ranking Points 5,635
Tournaments 16 singles
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RUS
Ranking Points 5,560
Tournaments 30 singles (16 doubles)
Matteo Berrettini
7
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ITA
Ranking Points 4,858
Tournaments 23 singles (7 doubles)
Dominic Thiem
8
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AUT
Ranking Points 3,815
Tournaments 20 singles (6 doubles)
Casper Ruud
9
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Ranking Points 3,615
Tournaments 36 singles (10 doubles)
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Tournaments 17 singles (6 doubles)
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Tournaments 21 singles (6 doubles)
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Tournaments 30 singles (17 doubles)
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