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

Belinda Bencic stunned third-seeded American Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

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,

In the last women's quarterfinal, top seed Sabalenka will take on Liudmila Samsonova. If the Belarusian tennis star gets the job done - which is expected - we will have a rematch of this year's Australian Open final in Indian Wells.

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.

Bencic will play either fifth seed and Australian Open champion Madison Keys or 19th seed Donna Vekic. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Coco Gauff was eliminated from the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells on Wednesday following a three-set loss to Belinda Bencic, and the American admitted afterward that inconsistency on key shots cost her the match.

Wild card Belinda Bencic reached her first WTA 1000 quarter-final as a mother with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against former US Open champion Coco Gauff.