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The day after the Miami Open announced its first batch of wild cards, the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells announced its full list.

It covers both main draw and the qualifying, which begins Sunday.

There are a few surprises (Lucas Pouille! Fabio Fognini!).

But not that many; the qualifying wild cards have all gone to Americans.

Women’s main draw wild cards

Karolina Pliskova

Emma Raducanu

Paula Badosa

Amanda Anisimova

Ashlyn Krueger

McCartney Kessler

Venus Williams (previously announced)

Caroline Wozniacki (previously announced)

Badosa and Anisimova have protected rankings they could use, so this saves them using one up on this tournament.

Krueger (ranked No. 70) would easily make it into the main draw on current ranking, although that wasn’t the case at the entry deadline, which was awhile ago. So – and especially because she’s American – it’s more than merited.

The same is true for Pliskova, who is currently ranked No. 38. She was outside the top 75 at the deadline.

Nishikori to return, finally, in Miami

Men’s main-draw wild cards

Brandon Nakashima

Fabio Fognini

Jakub Mensik

Patrick Kypson

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Women’s qualifying wild cards

Liv Hovde

Robin Montgomery

Iva Jovic

Haley Giavara

Clervie Ngounoue

Christasha McNeil

Men’s qualifying wild cards

Lucas Pouille (!!!)

Steve Johnson

Stefan Dostanic

Ethan Quinn

Cooper Woestendick

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