World No. 7 Paula Badosa and US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez will meet in the round of 16 at Indian Wells after each won their fourth round matches on Monday.

It will be the sixth meeting between the two opponents, with Badosa holding a 3-2 lead over the world No. 32.

Badosa continued her title defense at Indian Wells, taking down Sara Sorribes Tormo 7-6(4), 6-1 in an 82-minute win. She is seeking to become the first woman to defend the title at the BNP Paribas Open in more than 30 years. Martina Navratilova was the last to do so, winning titles in 1990 and 1991.

The first set featured six consecutive breaks of serve before Badosa snapped it to hold to 4-3. Sorribes Tormo responded, saving five break points during four of the five remaining games in the opening set. Badosa then sealed the set with a heavy forehand blast that went uncontrolled by Sorribes Tormo.

“I think today she played very, very good in the first set. She was a very tough opponent,” Badosa said after the match. “I was expecting that. She’s a fighter. Last year was amazing for her. The bad part is that we know each other very well. Before I was hitting she already was in the spot.”

Fernandez will face Badosa after avenging a loss from last October at Indian Wells and defeating Shelby Rogers in three sets, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3.

The No. 18 seed dominated on her service games, facing no break points in the first set and winning 87.5 percent of her first-serve points. Rogers claimed the second set after taking a 3-0 lead. She was unable to stop Fernandez, who took a 3-0 lead in the final set and never looked back.

“Leylah, I mean, she’s coming from winning a tournament. She’s with lots of confidence. She’s an amazing player,” Badosa said of Fernandez. “I was going to say she’s the future because she is very young, but I think she is in the present already. I expect a very tough match.”

Naomi Osaka was brought to tears after being heckled by a spectator during her second-round loss to Veronika Kudermetova at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday.

An Indian Wells onlooker yelled, “Naomi, you suck,” early on in Osaka’s 6-0, 6-4 defeat, causing the tennis star to become visually emotional on the court.

Following the match, Osaka stayed on the court to address the fans during her post-game interview.

“To be honest, I’ve been heckled before, it doesn’t really bother me, but being heckled here, I watched a video of Venus and Serena getting heckled here, if you’ve never watched it you should watch it, and I don’t know why, but it got into my head and it got replayed a lot,” said Osaka.

The Williams sisters boycotted the event for over a decade, starting in 2001 after receiving abuse from fans during the tournament.

Osaka has been outspoken about her mental health struggles and the pressures of the spotlight, withdrawing from the French Open and Wimbledon last season. The 24-year-old returned to the U.S. Open but took another brief hiatus from the court before returning to the Tour.

Osaka is currently ranked No. 78 in the world and was unseeded entering Indian Wells.

No. 16 seed Coco Gauff bounced fellow American Claire Liu 6-1, 7-6(4) Friday night in Indian Wells, advancing to the tournament’s third round.

Gauff bested Liu in just over two hours, dropping only two break points throughout their two-set battle. After sprinting out to a commanding opening-set lead, Gauff held off a surging Lui to close out a tight second set.

Friday night’s victory sets up a thrilling third-round matchup against No. 24 Simona Halep, who pulled out a three-set win over Ekaterina Alexandrova in the second round. Halep won the only previous meeting between her and Gauff, defeating the American teen in 2019’s Wimbledon.

Gauff and Halep will face off in Indian Wells on Sunday.

Naomi Osaka was down but not out Friday at the BNP Paribas Open, rallying against Sloane Stephens to take a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory.

It’s Osaka’s first win against Stephens in three matchups in what was a much-anticipated first-round clash at the Indian Wells tournament. The two last played in the 2018 WTA Finals in Shenzhen and had their first meeting in Acapulco in 2016.

It was also Osaka’s first time back at Indian Wells in three years. She withdrew last year, citing mental health reasons.

Osaka led the first set 3-1, 30-0 before Stephens made a five-game run to take the first set. Osaka then rebounded, winning the first four games of the second set and giving up just one game to take a 6-1 win in the second. In the decider, she went down 0-2 before saving three break points and mounting the comeback win.

The winds were high inside Stadium 1, with sustained desert gusts wreaking havoc on service tosses and ball bounces on the court.

“It was a bit frustrating but it was also funny at the same time because there was debris flying around the court,” said Osaka, currently ranked No. 78 in the world. “I’ve also never played a match that was that windy, so it was also a new experience.

“I haven’t played in wind like that for a while, so this was very new to me. I felt like I was fighting for my life. I was playing against her; I was playing against the wind. It was crazy. I just kept thinking she was going through the same circumstances as me, so I just had to will myself to try as hard as I could.”

Osaka will next take on Veronika Kudermetova.

Elsewhere, Amanda Anisimova cruised past Emma Navarro in just 53 minutes, securing the 6-2, 6-2 win. She’ll take on Canadian teen phenom Leylah Fernandez in the second round.