Ka taƙaita labarin:  Heather Watson ta yi gwagwarmaya ta shiga zagaye na biyu na BNP Paribas Open tare da cin nasara uku a kan Julia Goerges a Indian Wells. Ba a taba samun nasara a gasar WTA ba tun bayan da ta lashe gasar Hobart International a watan Janairu, amma ta yi nasara da ci 6-4 5-7 6-3 a kan abokin hamayyarta na Jamus. Ya kamata ya kasance da sauƙi ga Watson, wanda ya yi aiki don wasan a cikin saiti na biyu kafin ya rasa wasanni biyar masu zuwa, amma dan wasan mai shekaru 22 ya shawo kan koma baya don rufe rikici na karshe-64 tare da mai lamba 29 Camila Giorgi. Heather Watson tana murna bayan ta lashe maki a kan Julia Georges a zagaye na farko a Indian Wells. Watson ya yaba wa jama'a bayan da ya lashe wasan, bayan ya kasa yin aiki a cikin saiti na biyu. An sanya lambar 1 ta Burtaniya ta yi aiki don cin nasarar ta, kuma ta yarda cewa tana da damuwa, amma ta ci gaba da ci gaba. 'Tabbas na ɗan firgita, ina tsammanin ya nuna rufe saiti na biyu a can, amma na ci gaba da gwagwarmaya kuma na sami damar buga hanyar da ta dace don kammala saiti na uku,' in ji Watson ga BT Sport 2. 'Na ci gaba da kokawa. Ba mu buga wasanmu mafi kyau ba amma ya kasance wasa mai kyau. ' A cikin saiti na buɗewa wanda ya ƙunshi hutu bakwai na sabis, ba tare da wani ɗan wasa da ke riƙe a cikin wasanni huɗu na farko ba, Watson ya saci tafiya a kan Goerges a cikin wasan na 10 don ci gaba. Georges ya yi yaƙi da jaruntaka daga saiti da fashewa, kuma ya jagoranci a cikin saiti na uku kafin Watson ya amsa. A karshen Briton ya yi gwagwarmaya sosai don cin nasara a cikin uku, kuma ya kafa wasa da Camila Giorgi. Duk 'yan wasan biyu sun yi kama da samun kwanciyar hankali yayin da aka ci gaba da wasa na biyu tare da yin aiki har zuwa lokacin da aka yi wasa mai ban sha'awa a cikin wasan na takwas ya ba Watson jagorancin 5-3. Goerges, duk da haka, ya yi amfani da wasu 'yan wasa daga Watson don ya dauki wasanni hudu masu zuwa kuma ya tilasta yanke shawara. Mai lamba 62 na duniya ya karye a farkon na uku, amma Watson nan da nan ya daidaita wasan kafin ya karye a cikin wasa na takwas kafin ya rufe wasan a cikin sa'o'i biyu da minti 25.
Heather Watson ta dauki saiti na farko kuma ta yi wasa a karo na biyu. Amma Julia Georges ta yi fada don daukar saiti na biyu 7-5 kuma ta tilasta yanke shawara. Watson za ta fafata da Camila Giorgi a zagaye na biyu.