Azarenka stuns Williams, Djokovic crushes Raonic

The 26-year-old Belarusian broke the top-seeded American once in the opening set and twice in the second before wrapping up the win in just under 90 minutes in front of a stunned crowd at the sun-baked Indian Wells Tennis Garden. 

World number one Williams, seeking a third title at Indian Wells after winning her second a distant 15 years ago, was badly let down by her forehand, though she did mount a late fightback and broke Azarenka in the eighth game of the second set for 3-5. 

The American came close to levelling with Azarenka, serving for the match, wobbling at 15-40 but the Belarusian fired an ace, got to deuce when Williams hit a backhand long and clinched victory when her opponent hit a forehand service return long. 

Later, world number one Novak Djokovic produced sublime form to clinch an unprecedented fifth men’s title with a 6-2 6-0 demolition of bigserving Canadian Milos Raonic in the men’s final.