Hey, everyone.
As we empty out the notebook from Indian Wells, here are 30 parting thoughts from the 2019 BNP Paribas Open.
• Bianca Andreescu, the 18-year-old Canadian, didn’t so much break through as she crashed through, in the manner of the Kool-Aid Man. In the last three matches alone, she beat Garbine Muguruza 6-0, 6-1, outfought Elina Svitolina and then won less a tennis match than a tennis war against Angie Kerber in the final. What a comprehensively impressive run; what an impressively comprehensive game—replete with forehand slices and disguised drop shots. Canada and women’s tennis have a new star.