Camila Osorio found herself down a break not once but twice in the second set of her second-round match against home favorite Iva Jovic. She later faced three match points on the American’s serve while trailing a set and 5-4.

But with the odds stacked against her, the 24-year-old Colombian mounted an improbable comeback, breaking for 5-5, stealing the second set in a tiebreak and eventually closing out a 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in 2 hours and 39 minutes in front of a pro-Jovic crowd on Stadium 3.

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The win sends her into the third round at Indian Wells for the first time, where she’ll face former champion Naomi Osaka, who advanced earlier in the night with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva in 1 hour and 28 minutes on Stadium 2.

It will be their third meeting at the WTA Tour Driven by Mercedes-Benz level. Their most recent encounter came at this tournament a year ago, when Osorio upset Osaka in straight sets in the first round.

Another year, another quality win in the desert for Osorio 

On Friday, Osorio produced another shock victory, defeating the No. 18 seed Jovic, who was also in seeking her first third-round appearance at Indian Wells.

It all came down to Osorio’s poise on the pressure points. The three-time WTA titlist converted all five of her break points and saved 11 of the 15 she faced, repeatedly showing her championship mettle.

Most notably, she saved break points while trailing 2-0 in the second set to avoid going down a double break. After fending off that threat — and later three match points — she saved three more break points before holding for 6-5. In the tiebreak, she seized control with a 4-1 lead she never relinquished.

With momentum fully on her side, Osorio broke to open the third set and raced ahead 4-0. Jovic held for 4-1, then mounted one late push by breaking and consolidating for 4-3. But Osorio held for 5-3 and broke once more in the final game to seal the comeback.

Osaka wins in return to action

For Osaka, Friday marked her first match since withdrawing ahead of her third-round contest at the Australian Open in January. And while the victory mattered, she said she stepped on court with just one priority.

“I just wanted to have a lot of fun,” Osaka said in her on-court interview. “And I feel like I succeeded in doing that. Thank you, guys, for letting me play in front of you all. Also, I’ve never played Victoria before, and she’s really young and played a really good match, so it was fun to play.”

She certainly looked loose early, winning the first nine points of the match as she jumped out to 4-0 lead. Moments later, she served for the set at 5-2, but that’s when things got tight.

Jimenez Kasintseva generated her first break point and converted for 5-3 as Osaka’s forehand missed the mark. Then, after saving three set points and holding for 5-4, the 20-year-old found the line with a brilliant backhand winner to level at 5-all. But Osaka responded by breaking for 6-5 and converting her sixth set point in the next game.

The two remained on serve through the first four games of the second set before Osaka, rocking a leopard-print kit, pounced. She struck a backhand winner on her fourth break point of the game to break for 3-2, the first of four straight games that carried the four-time Grand Slam champion into the next round.

If she can get past Osorio, Osaka will advance to the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Open for the first time since 2019.