Ka taƙaita labarin:  Serena Williams ta farfado daga mafarki mai ban tsoro don shawo kan dan uwanta Sloane Stephens kuma ta kai wasan kusa da na karshe na BNP Paribas Open a Indian Wells. No. 1 na duniya ya sauke wasanninta na farko guda biyu a karo na huɗu na aiki tsakanin tsoffin abokai biyu, waɗanda dangantakarsu ta yi sanyi bayan nasarar Stephens a 2013 Australian Open. Duk da faduwar saiti na farko a kan daidaitawa bayan da aka tattara don dawo da hutu biyu, Williams ya zama mai rinjaye yayin da wasan ya ci gaba kuma ya sami nasarar 6-7 (7/3), 6-2, 6-2 a cikin awanni biyu da minti bakwai. Serena Williams ta farfado daga mummunan farawa don shawo kan dan uwanta Sloane Stephens a ranar Talata. Williams (hagu) yana taya Stephens murna bayan ta 6-7 (7/3). 6 zuwa 2. 6-2 nasara a Indian Wells. Ya tabbatar da kalubalen da ya fi wuya ga Williams - yin bayyanarta ta farko a Indian Wells a cikin shekaru 14 - fiye da nasarar da ta yi na mintuna 53 a kan Zarina Diyas a zagaye na baya. Wanda ya yi mamakin farawar Stephens mai karfi, Williams ya sake komawa matakin amma lambar duniya ta 42 ta mamaye wasan daka-daka don tayar da fata na daidaita nasarar da aka samu tsakanin ma'auratan a kowane biyu. Williams tana da wasu ra'ayoyi, ta karya abokin hamayyarta da wuri a cikin saiti na biyu kuma ta ƙi ba Stephens damar samun damar karyawa guda ɗaya kafin ta yi aiki da tabbaci don daidaita wasan. Stephens ta sake sauke aikinta a wasan farko na yanke shawara kuma lokacin da Williams ta sake karyawa don ci gaba da 5-2 kawai batun lokaci ne kafin ta kammala nasarar dawowarta. 'Yar wasan mai lamba daya a duniya ta yi rashin nasara a wasanninta biyu na farko a karo na hudu da aka yi tsakanin abokanan biyu. Stephens ta sauke aikinta a wasan farko na yanke shawara kafin Williams ta yi nasara.
Serena Williams ta doke Sloane Stephens a cikin wasanni uku a Indian Wells. Stephens ya girgiza Duniya ta 1 ta hanyar mamayewa zuwa saiti na farko. Williams ta yi gwagwarmaya don samun gurbi a wasan kusa da na karshe.