Aryna Sabalenka and Mccartney Kessler will square off in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aryna Sabalenka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aryna Sabalenka is the pick to win this match.
Aryna Sabalenka -> 1.1
Mccartney Kessler -> 6.95

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Prediction and head to head Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mccartney Kessler

There is no head to head record between Aryna Sabalenka and Mccartney Kessler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Aryna Sabalenka

Currently world no. 1 the Belarussian will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-3 6-2 to Tauson in the 3^rd round on the 19^th of February.

Aryna has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2025, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title in Brisbane where she beat Polina Kudermetova in the final 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Talking about her overall career, Aryna has an overall 386-171 record. She has a positive 239-95 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2023. See her history.

Mccartney Kessler

Ranked no. 48, Mccartney got to the 2^nd round after defeating Anna Blinkova 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Kessler had a good straight sets win against Blinkova (6-1 6-2). During the match Kessler scored 57 points vs Blinkova’s 31. Mccartney was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Kessler couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mccartney Kessler was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve once. Mccartney broke Blinkova 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Her best result of the current year was conquering the title in Hobart where she defeated Elise Mertens in the final 6-4 3-6 6-0.

Kessler has an overall 15-6 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Clara TausonTauson – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-6³ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lulu SunSun – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katie BoulterBoulter – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-7² 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Suzan LamensLamens (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thomas FancuttFancutt – Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile Manole (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Justin ButschButsch (6-7⁴ 7-6⁴ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches (6-1 0-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander IgoshinIgoshin – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Matvey MininMinin (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Xinyu WangXinyu – Jelena OstapenkoJelena (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Caroline DolehideCaroline – Eva LysEva (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
• Iga SwiatekIga – Caroline GarciaCaroline (6-2 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Caty McNallyMcNally – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cori GauffGauff – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alycia ParksParks – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma NavarroNavarro – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Donna VekicVekic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Madison KeysKeys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marta KostyukKostyuk – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction