INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Seven-time main champion Venus Williams and former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki have acquired wild-card entries into the BNP Paribas Open subsequent month.
The mixed ATP and WTA occasion is March 6-17 at Indian Wells Tennis Backyard.
Williams has been coping with the lingering results of a knee harm suffered in her first-round match at Wimbledon final July. She misplaced within the first spherical of the US Open in September and hasn’t performed a tour match since.
The 43-year-old participant will return to the Southern California desert for the primary time since 2019, when she reached the quarterfinals.
Wozniacki additionally returns to the desert for the primary time since 2019. She took three years off to have two youngsters. She received the Indian Wells title in 2011 and was a finalist in 2010 and 2013.
Wozniacki returned to the circuit final August and reached the fourth spherical of the US Open. She misplaced within the second spherical of final month’s Australian Open, a match she received in 2018.
The remaining wild-card entries shall be introduced within the coming weeks.
