Swiss wildcard Belinda Bencic continues her sensational form since returning from maternity leave by beating Coco Gauff to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals.

Coco Gauff exits Indian Wells after a three-set defeat to Belinda Bencic, who extended her stirring comeback from giving birth.

Former Olympic champion Belinda Bencic stunned third seed Coco Gauff 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals. The Swiss wildcard, who gave birth to her daughter Bella in April last year,

Belinda Bencic acknowledged the ninth game of the third set was "the turning point" of her Indian Wells win against Coco Gauff and also revealed that she sensed the home favorite being tight in that faithful game and wanted to put as much pressure as possible.

The top seed coasted into her 25th career quarterfinal at WTA 1000 level and this is her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal of the season. Sabalenka only previously reached the quarterfinals in Indian Wells in 2023, when she went all the way to the final.

Coco Gauff was coming off a victory over two-time Indian Wells finalist Maria Sakkari earlier in the week, but her momentum was halted by Belinda Bencic.

Belinda Bencic pulled off a stunning victory over local favourite Coco Gauff, winning 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals. The Swiss claimed her 11th career win over a top-10 player,

Coco Gauff's hopes of landing her maiden Indian Wells title have come to an end in the round-of-16 after the American stunningly collapsed late and Belinda Bencic completed a 3-6 6-3 6-4 comeback win in two hours and 20 minutes of play.

Madison Keys kept her winning streak alive against Donna Vekic 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals on Wednesday, as fellow American Coco Gauff fell to Swiss wildcard Belinda Bencic and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rolled through.

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Wild card Belinda Bencic pulled off a major upset when she fought from a set down to knock out third seed Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 16 at Indian Wells.