Another full slate of second-round action is on the menu at the BNP Paribas Open on Saturday. Only 32 players will remain in the men’s draw by the end of the day. Hubert Hurkacz, Gael Monfils, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and Arthur Fils hope they are on that list. Here are my previews and picks for…
Getty Images The 2024 BNP Paribas Open has already been a tale of two generations. So far in week one the biggest story has been Rafael Nadal’s exit. The 37-year-old Spaniard practiced multiple times in what was expected to be his final appearance at the Indian Wells Masters, but he withdrew prior to his first-round…
Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both impressed on Friday in Indian Wells, getting their campaigns off to winning starts. Both won their opening matches in straight sets, with Auger-Aliassime advancing to the third round after his first-round bye, while Shapovalov moved into round two after his match was pushed back to Friday due to rain…
Iga Swiatek played against Danielle Collins once more, but this time around, things went smoothly, and she won in two sets at the 2024 Indian Wells Open. This WTA 1000 event in California has been rather interesting for Swiatek in the past. She won it a couple of years ago but also lost quite early…
It had been five years since Milos Raonic stepped foot on court in Indian Wells when the Canadian contested his opening-round match at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night. But it was like he never left. The 2016 runner-up defeated lucky loser Sumit Nagal in straight sets to advance to round two of the…
Jannik Sinner has some specific goals for the Indian Wells Open, but overtaking Carlos Alcaraz isn’t really one of them. The Italian arrived in California after a tremendous start to the year. He won the Australian Open trophy and added another one in Rotterdam while remaining undefeated in twelve matches. A form like that certainly…
Day two in Indian Wells is complete, and with more rain, there are still six round-one matches left to be completed on Friday. With the seeded players yet to get involved, most matches are relatively wide open, but there were some surprise wins. Dusan Lajovic, taking out Emil Ruusuvuori and Juncheng Shang, defeating Los Cabos…
Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev pushed each other to the limit during a recent practice session to get the blood flowing before the main event. Djokovic is on his first trip to Indian Wells since 2019. He is a five-time champion at the BNP Paribas Open, which is a joint tournament record he holds with…
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Indian Wells championships on the eve of his first-round match with Canada’s Milos Raonic, saying he is not “ready to play at the highest level”. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after the 2024 season, returned to competition in Brisbane last January after almost a…
British hopes in the men’s draw at Indian Wells, the first ATP 1000 level event of the season, suffered a setback when Jack Draper was beaten in his opening round by Australian Christopher O’Connell 6-1 3-6 3-6.as they opened play out in the California desert. That’s the best I’ve served here. I’ve always struggled serving…
