Aussie tennis women flying high into Indian Wells

Maya Joint leads a contingent of four Australian women in the Indian Wells field. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

An upsurge in the fortunes of Australia tennis women has rocketed four home players into the the top-100 of the WTA rankings for the first time in more than five years.

And to mark the breakthrough week, a quartet of Aussies have also battled through qualifying to feature in the first round of the prestigious Indian Wells tournament in California.