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Indian Wells: Bianca Andreescu beats Angelique Kerber to win title

Bianca Andreescu's remarkable Indian Wells run culminated with the wildcard beating three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber to secure the title.

The 18-year-old Canadian, ranked outside the top 150 at the start of the year, beat the German 6-4 3-6 6-4.

Kerber saved three match points on the Andreescu serve and broke back for 5-4 in the third set.

However, Andreescu produced a remarkable return game to win the biggest title of her young career.

Andreescu showed remarkable grit to fight back from a break down in the third set and put herself in front.