The Spaniard slipped past two-time major champ Victoria Azarenka to win her first WTA 1000 title at the BNP Paribas Open.

Both Indian Wells champions—Norrie and Badosa—rise from outside the Top 25 to inside the Top 15 this week.

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

The Spaniard thwarted the two-time BNP Paribas Open champion in a final-set tiebreaker to capture the biggest title of her career.

The Spaniard will play Victoria Azarenka the biggest final of her young career on Sunday.

The Spaniard has yet to put a foot wrong in her 2021 Indian Wells campaign, but the Belarusian has always played her best tennis in the desert.

The Spaniard needed six match points to dispatch the Tunisian trailblazer and edge into the championship match, where two-time winner Victoria Azarenka awaits.

Badosa became the first Spaniard to reach the final four at the BNP Paribas Open since Conchita Martinez in 2003.

Among the match-ups between modern Grand slam champs, Victoria Azarenka vs. Jelena Ostapenko is one we haven’t had a chance to see often enough. They meet in the first women's semifinal Friday.

On the women's side, Ons Jabeur faces Anett Kontaveit, while Paula Badosa looks to take down Angelique Kerber.