Alexander: A wide open women’s bracket at Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS — The women’s draw at the 2018 BNP Paribas Open may be the craziest, most trap-laden bracket since … well, pick a date.
It is, in fact, fair to say that there’s more star power outside of the list of seeds than in it.
Consider:
• Serena Williams, who took time off to have her first child and will be playing just her second event and first tournament since winning the 2017 Australian Open, is unseeded. She’s still ranked 22nd  in the world, ev