Borna Coric deems it “maybe the best tennis of my life”, breezing past the in-form Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. Now, the gifted 21-year-old Croatian has the chance to back it up against #NextGenATP American Taylor Fritz on a blockbuster, action-packed Wednesday, with all fourth-round clashes due to take place. A resurgent Coric, back up to No. 49 in the ATP Rankings, has dropped fewer games than any player in the top half of the draw in the desert. Fritz, by contrast, has had to rally his home crowd to get him across the line against #NextGenATP stablemates, Reilly Opelka and Andrey Rublev, before his gripping third-set tie-break triumph over experienced Spaniard...
Two popular ATP World Tour stars – Juan Martin del Potro and David Ferrer – square off at the BNP Paribas Open on Tuesday bidding to book a place in the fourth round. Del Potro, the power player who is back in the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings, against the hard-working Ferrer, still a force at the age of 35, compete third match on Stadium 1. In a rivalry that began 10 years ago, both players, with contrasting styles are tied at 6-6 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series (Del Potro 17-15 sets won) ahead of their third meeting of 2018. Del Potro has won their past four clashes, including a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win at their recent Abierto...
After losing his racquets in transit from Acapulco to Indian Wells, Hyeon Chung was not off to the best start in the Californian desert last week. Fortunately, following a Twitter plea to the airline, the 21-year-old South Korean was reunited with the tools to his trade in time for his second BNP Paribas Open campaign. On Monday, that campaign steps up a notch when the No. 23 seed squares off against experienced Czech 12th seed Tomas Berdych for a place in the fourth round. It will be the third FedEx ATP Head2Head encounter between the pair with Berdych having claimed both prior matches in straight sets. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the 2018 BNP Paribas Open third round & vote...
There are few instances Novak Djokovic’s opening match at a tournament will garner such attention as his return to Indian Wells this season. Taking on Japanese qualifier Taro Daniel – a player at No. 109 in the ATP Rankings – on paper, it should be relatively straight forward for the five-time BNP Paribas Open champion. But after a stop-start return from an elbow injury at the Australian Open, where he exited to Hyeon Chung in the fourth round, the Serbian opted to undergo a “small medical intervention” on his troublesome elbow. While having put his body to the test on the practice courts, this will be just his second tournament since Wimbledon last July. The 30-year-old made it known his...
Five-time BNP Paribas Open champion Novak Djokovic makes his return to the ATP World Tour this week, competing in just his second tournament since Wimbledon last July. The former No. 1 in the ATP Rankings has a shot at pulling ahead of Roger Federer on the final Sunday with an unprecedented sixth title in the desert. It is a decade since the 30-year-old claimed the first of his five Indian Wells titles (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016). He had finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal the year before in just his second appearance. [ALSO LIKE] Now in his 13th appearance, the Serbian is keeping expectations in check in his first tournament back since a “small medical intervention” on his right elbow....
