Rome, 4th March (LaPresse) – Three Italian players are at the starting line in the main draw of the ‘BNP Paribas Open’, the third WTA 1000 of the season (combined with the first ATP Masters 1000 of 2025) with a prize pool of 8,963,700 dollars, which is being played on the Californian clay of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (live on SuperTennis and SuperTennix). Paolini and Bronzetti were drawn at the top of the bracket. 700 dollars that is being played on the Californian cement of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (live on SuperTennis and SuperTennix). Paolini and Bronzetti have been drawn at the top of the draw, the same as the queen of world tennis Aryna Sabalenka: Cocciaretto at the bottom, the same as Iga Swiatek. Jasmine Paolini, ranked 6th in the world and sixth favourite in the seeding, will enter the competition directly in the second round against the winner of the match between the American Iva Jovic, ranked 17th in the WTA and seeded 157th, who has entered the draw thanks to a wild card, and the Austrian Julia Grabher, ranked 388th in the WTA (competing with a protected ranking). The hypothetical path of the 29-year-old from Bagni di Lucca foresees the Canadian Fernandez, 27th seed (or the Russian Kudermetova) in the third round, and in the round of sixteen a Russian of her choice between Kasatkina (no.12) and Samsonova (no.24) unless there are surprises ‘made in the USA’ (Stephens or Kenin): then in the quarter finals the challenge with the world number one Sabalenka.