Cute Tennis Stuff and Friends, a La Quinta pop-up shop, has everything tennis to serve BNP Paribas Open enthusiasts just a stone’s throw from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The Garden is in Full Bloom
More flowers, 62 palm trees, and a designated park area at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden help enhance the fan experience at 2018 BNP Paribas Open.
More flowers, 62 palm trees, and a designated park area at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden help enhance the fan experience at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open.
BNP Paribas Open Makes it a Grand Slam
Players vote Indian Wells event as WTA Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year for fourth straight year.
For the fourth consecutive year, the BNP Paribas Open – has been voted the WTA Premier Mandatory Tournament of the Year, as determined by player vote.
Order on the Court
While the brawl for bragging rights raged on between the Racquet Club and the Tennis Club in Palm Springs, a new champion was emerging in the east valley.
It may have been some 40 years ago but tennis hall-of-famer Charlie Pasarell still remembers the last ATP tennis tournament played in Tucson before it was relocated to Mission Hills Country Club and the valley where it would grow to become the BNP Paribas Open. First of all, it wasn’t really even a tennis tournament. “They called it the American
Courting Success
Dee Dee Felich will be honored for growing the game of tennis in the Coachella Valley at Rosie Casals & Jackie Cooper Team Tennis Pro-Am.
From her perch as assistant tournament director of the BNP Paribas Open for 35 years, Dee Dee Felich has seen the benefits of serving tennis to kids. “When kids involve themselves, in any sport really, it’s not just about the exercise, but also the relationships and contacts outside of the classroom or the home,” says Felich, who stepped down from
Bighorn Presents the Kate Laver Tennis Invitational, March 5, 2017
Inspired by 10-year-old Kate Laver, born with Cerebral Palsy, the Kate Laver Foundation is dedicated to providing equipment and support services to special needs children, their families, and selected non-profits serving children with special needs. A 1950s Palm Springs Racquet Club vibe at Bighorn March 5 invited in guests to tennis matches emceed by former Saturday Night Live comedian Jon
Eternal Indian Wells
A tournament like the BNP Paribas Open serves as a corrective, for both the perfect and the admiring imperfect.
If most of our lives are contests with what is within us as much as with what is without us, then each of us is two when we watch tennis—the person who dreams inside the person who acts. The person, that is, who dreams of hitting a ball the way a Nadal or Wawrrinka does, say, inside the person whose
A Rivalry for the Ages
Thanks to the way the brackets were drawn at the BNP Paribas Open, an early round matchup between two longtime rivals, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, has materialized.
The BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament brought a familiar GPS reading. For Rafael Nadal, Spain’s legendary lefty, the Road to Roger was mapped through another Spanish southpaw. In Monopoly, you have to pass go. In big-time pro tennis, Nadal has had to, in key moments, pass Fernando Verdasco. The journey and its history played out Tuesday, in 95-degree sunshine, on
BNP Paribas Open: ‘You Can’t Beat It’
Tennis' fifth major has refused to be outdone for these two weeks in March from top facilities, a star-studded field, and fan friendly weather.
The event held each year in Indian Wells that attracts star players and nearly half a million spectators is not really a tennis tournament. It is a chamber-of-commerce postcard. Take Sunday at the BNP Paribas Open. It is the day after they have set a tournament attendance record for a single-day session. A total of 36,361 people went through the
Courting the 1970s
Fila Heritage Collection allows today's tennis stars to salute those that inspired them through their apparel.
It’s definitely 2017 tennis, but the apparel look on the court for Fila-sponsored players is straight out of the 1970s. During this week’s BNP Paribas Open, walk into the Fila store situated by Stadium One at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden and you can purchase many of the same outfits from the Heritage Collection you will see on American player
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