<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: USerena Williams uphinde walulama ngemuva kokuqala kanzima ukuze anqobe umuntu wakubo uSloane Stephens futhi afinyelele kuma-quarter-finals e-BNP Paribas Open e-Indian Wells. U-No. 1 womhlaba ulahlekelwe yimidlalo yakhe yokuqala emibili emdlalweni wakhe wesine phakathi kwabangani ababili bangaphambili, ubudlelwano babo obupholile ngemuva kokunqoba kukaStephens e-Australian Open ngo-2013. Naphezu kokulahla isethi yokuvula nge-tie-break ngemuva kokuhlangana ukuze kubuyiswe ikhefu eliphindwe kabili, uWilliams waba namandla ngokwengeziwe njengoba umdlalo uqhubeka futhi waqinisekisa ukunqoba ngo-6-7 73, 6-2, 6-2 emahoreni amabili nemizuzu eyisikhombisa. USerena Williams uphinde wavuka ngemuva kokuqala kanzima ukunqoba umlingani wakhe uSloane Stephens ngoLwesibili. UWilliams kwesobunxele uhalaliselwa nguStephens ngokulandela kwakhe u-6-7 73. 6-2 - Izingalo ezimbili Ukunqoba kwe-Indian Wells ngo-6-2. Kwaba inselele enzima kakhulu kuWilliams - ukuvela kwakhe okokuqala e-Indian Wells eminyakeni engu-14 - kunokunqoba kwakhe imizuzu engu-53 phezu kukaZarina Diyas emzuliswaneni odlule. Ethuswe ukuqala okuqinile kukaStephens, uWilliams walwela ukubuyela ezingeni elifanayo kodwa inombolo yomhlaba engu-42 ibuse i-tie-break ukukhulisa ithemba lokulinganisa ukunqoba komsebenzi phakathi kwalaba bobabili ngababili. UWilliams wayeneminye imicabango, eqhekeza imbangi yakhe ekuqaleni kwesethi yesibili futhi enqaba ukuvumela uStephens ithuba elilodwa lokuphumula ngaphambi kokuba akhonze ngokuzethemba ukuze alinganise umdlalo. UStephens owayethukile waphinde walahla isevisi yakhe emdlalweni wokuqala wokunquma futhi lapho uWilliams ephinda ephuka ukuze aqhubeke no-5-2 kwakuyindaba yesikhathi ngaphambi kokuba aqedele ukunqoba kwakhe. Umdlali osezingeni lomhlaba wehliswe emidlalweni yakhe yokuqala emibili emdlalweni wesine phakathi kwalaba bangane ababili. UStephens wehlise isevisi yakhe emdlalweni wokuqala wesethi enqumayo ngaphambi kokuba uWilliams athole ukunqoba.  <response>: USerena Williams unqoba uSloane Stephens ngamasethi amathathu e-Indian Wells. UStephens wethusa inombolo yokuqala yomhlaba ngokuqhuma phambili ngesethi yokuqala. UWilliams walwa kanzima ukuze athole indawo kuma-quarter finals. 