Belinda Bencic has been in strong form since making her return to the WTA Tour after giving birth to her first child last year.

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

Belinda Bencic acknowledged the ninth game of the third set was "the turning point" of her Indian Wells win against Coco Gauff and also revealed that she sensed the home favorite being tight in that faithful game and wanted to put as much pressure as possible.

Swiss wildcard Belinda Bencic continues her sensational form since returning from maternity leave by beating Coco Gauff to reach the Indian Wells quarter-finals.

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 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.