Top 10 Watch

Serena Williams will continue to extend her stay at No.1: The top seed at the BNP Paribas Open recovered from a slow start on Sunday, ultimately sprinting past Yulia Putintseva, 7-6(2), 6-0; Williams is defending semifinal points from last year, and is under no threat at the top spot ahead of the Miami Open, a tournament she has won eight times. 

Agniezka Radwanska has a chance to overtake Angelique Kerber: The reigning BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global champion can climb to No.2 in the Rankings – overtaking the Australian Open winner – if she is able to reach the semifinals. Radwanska will play Jelena Jankovic in the round of 16 (Radwanska leads 6-2) with a possible match against the winner of Petra Kvitova (Kvitova leads 6-3) vs. Nicole Gibbs (first meeting).

Garbiñe Muguruza will maintain her current ranking: Despite a disappointing finish at Indian Wells – losing her second round match to American Christina McHale – Muguruza will remain at No.4 behind some combination of Williams, Kerber, and Radwanska.

Simona Halep, the defending the champion: Halep has been playing some of her best tennis of the year at Indian Wells this week, but the defense of 1000 points prevents her from moving up this week, and will fall between No.5 and No.7, defending on her final finish; the Romanian is projected to play Williams in the quarterfinals should the former defeat Barbora Strycova and the latter move past Kateryna Bondarenko on Tuesday.

Elina Svitolina, Victoria Azarenka and Ana Ivanovic can move into the Top 10: Three women have the chance to crack the Top 10 on Monday, but only if they win the title at Indian Wells. For Svitolina, it would shatter her current career-high ranking of No.14 and be her Top 10 debut, while Azarenka and Ivanovic would be making their returns for the first time since August 2014 and September 2015, respectively.

Also Worth Noting…

Svitolina will need to reach the quarterfinals or better to have a chance to improve her ranking: The Ukrainian is set to play No.9 seed Roberta Vinci (tied 1-1) on Monday.

Jo Konta has a chance to move into the Top 25 on Monday: Depending on other results, the Australian Open semifinalist will likely need to reach the round of 16 at the very least; she plays Denisa Allertova in the third round on Monday. Konta would first British woman in Top 25 since the week of March 15, 1987, when Jo Durie held the No.24 ranking spot; the last time a Brit was ranked in the Top 20 was nearly 30 years ago (week of October 13, 1986; Jo Durie, No.20)

Olympic Hopes: Should she defeat Monica Puig on Monday, Daria Kasatkina will have a chance of making her Top 40 debut and will overtake Margarita Gasparyan as the No.5 ranked Russian.