• Third round action in the top half of the draw at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday is headlined by No. 3 seed Stan Wawrinka, No. 8 Dominic Thiem, No. 10 Gael Monfils and No. 11 David Goffin. They are the highest seeds of the 12 remaining in the top half of the draw. • In the first men’s match on Stadium 1, No. 29 seed Mischa Zverev looks for his second win against Thiem. Zverev won the previous meeting on grass 76 62 in the 1R of Stuttgart in June 2015. The 29-year-old German is trying to earn his seventh career Top 10 win (6-13) and second this season. He beat No. 1 Andy Murray in the 4R...
Watch Sunday highlights from the 2017 BNP Paribas Open, featuring wins from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Watch live matches at tennistvcom. Photo: Billie Weiss/BNP Paribas Open
When the BNP Paribas Open draw was released on Wednesday, jaws plummeted to the floor at the sight of the star power in the bottom quarter. Novak Djokovic could set a rematch against Juan Martin del Potro in the third round and Roger Federer has longtime rival Rafael Nadal in his sights in the fourth round. But perhaps the most intriguing match-up is the under-the-radar clash between Nick Kyrgios and Alexander Zverev, set for Tuesday in Indian Wells. Youth will be served when the two youngest players in the Top 20 of the Emirates ATP Rankings lock horns for the first time at the professional level. Kyrgios took their lone encounter in the juniors 6-3, 6-1 on the grass of...
Roger Federer wasted no time in booking his spot in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open on Sunday evening. In a battle of veteran players on the ATP World Tour, 35-year-old Federer raced past 36-year-old Stephane Robert 6-2, 6-1 in just 51 minutes. "Very happy. The knee is a thing of the past, which is great. I don't even have to think or talk about it. So I thought the match went really well,” said Federer. “I’m very pleased with how it went. And moving on to the next round, it’s going to be a different matchup, so I’ve got to adjust again.” Despite the scoreline, Federer was full of praise for Robert playing some of the best...
Five-time former champion Novak Djokovic came through a tough test against Kyle Edmund on Sunday to advance to a BNP Paribas Open third-round clash against Juan Martin del Potro. Edmund served for the second set at 5-3, but could not close it out as Djokovic fought back with a break in the ninth game and sealed the 6-4, 7-6(5) victory in the ensuing tie-break after one hour and 51 minutes. It was the closest the 22-year-old Edmund has come to taking a set off Djokovic in three meetings with the World No. 2. The 29-year-old Djokovic improved to a 48-6 mark at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, where he has lifted the trophy the past three years. "I think I...
