Ka taƙaita labarin:  Heather Watson ta shiga zagaye na uku na BNP Paribas Open tare da nasara 7-5, 7-5 a kan Camila Giorgi na Italiya. Giorgi, wanda yake matsayi 10 sama da Watson, ya lashe taron da ya gabata na yawon shakatawa na biyu - a Beijing a 2012 - amma Watson ta yi fansa duk da fuskantar babbar fada daga abokin hamayyarta. Watson ya rasa wasanni biyar a jere a cikin saiti na biyu yayin da Giorgi mai lamba 29 ya daidaita a 5-5, kafin Biritaniya ta No. 1 a karshe ta sami nasara a cikin awa daya da minti 45. 'Ya kasance wasa ne mai matukar wahala kamar yadda na san zai kasance,' in ji Watson a wata hira da aka yi a kotu. 'Camila babbar 'yar wasa ce; ta tashi ne kawai a cikin jerin sunayen a shekarar da ta gabata. Heather Watson na murnar kayar da Camila Giorgi don shiga zagaye na uku a Indian Wells. Watson ta tsira daga wani fada don ta fitar da abokin hamayyarta na Italiya. 'Na yi harbi har zuwa 5-0 amma ta kuma yi wasu kurakurai. Ta fara dawowa. 'Ban ji kamar na yi kuskure da yawa ba; ta yi wasa sosai, ta buga nasara da aces. Dole ne kawai in kasance da ƙarfi kuma in ci gaba da kokawa.' Watson ta tsallake Julia Goerges a zagaye na karshe, kuma ta kasance a shirye don wani gamuwa mai wuya a ƙarƙashin rana ta California. Dukkanin 'yan wasan sun yi musayar hutu biyu kowannensu a cikin saiti na farko - kamar wasan Watson da Goerges - amma abubuwa sun daidaita ba da daɗewa ba bayan sun sanya shi 4-4, tare da Biritaniya sannan ya riƙe sabis tare da sauƙi. Giorgi ya adana saiti a 40-15 a kan hidimarsa amma ya janye gaba don ya ba Watson saitin buɗewa. Giorgi a bayyane yake ba ta da saurin aiki - ta buga sau biyu sau 10 a cikin saiti na farko - yayin da ta yarda da hutu a farkon na biyu, kuma Watson ta yi wasanni bakwai a jere don tsere zuwa jagorancin 5-0. 'Yar Italiya, wacce har yanzu ba ta lashe kofin wasa daya ba a zagayen WTA, ta fara murmurewa tare da wasa mai kyau, kuma Watson ya gudu zuwa dukkan sassan yayin da aka yanke hukunci a kan katunan 5-5. Duk da haka, duk abin banza ne kamar yadda Watson ya yi aiki don yin 6-5, sa'an nan kuma ya buƙaci kawai daya daga cikin maki uku na wasa a kan Giorgi ya yi aiki don rufe nasara tare da Italiyanci...
Watson ya ci gaba da yaki daga Italiyanci don lashe 7-5, 7-5. Giorgi ya lashe wasanni biyar a jere a karo na biyu don tabbatar da ƙarewar tashin hankali. Watson na fuskantar kalubale da Agnieszka Radwanska a zagaye na gaba.