Some of the enjoyable months of tennis is upon us. March yearly options the Sunshine Double, which consists of back-to-back Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
The previous begins on Wednesday, however the buzz has already begun as a result of the BNP Paribas Open draw was revealed on Monday afternoon.
As a result of he’s unseeded and will have landed principally anyplace within the bracket, all eyes had been on Rafael Nadal throughout the draw ceremony. The Spaniard will face Milos Raonic in spherical one and if he advances his second match will come in opposition to Holger Rune. Right here is Nadal’s full projected path:
R1: Milos RaonicR2: (7) Holger RuneR3: (26) Lorenzo MusettiR4: (12) Taylor FritzQF: (4) Daniil MedvedevSF: (1) Novak DjokovicF: (2) Carlos Alcaraz
Nadal’s placement within the bracket was all the time going to be the headline story, however there are different noteworthy gadgets. How may there not be when each one of many high 35 gamers on the planet is within the subject?
On the high, Novak Djokovic may meet a number of in-form opponents halfway by the occasion. The No. 1 seed is on a collision course for the spherical of 16 with with Marseille and Dubai winner Ugo Humbert, whereas Hubert Hurkacz is a possible QF foe.
The underside half–and particularly the underside quarter–is much more troublesome. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz would go head-to-head within the SFs in the event that they each advance, however Alcaraz is in a bit with each Alexander Zverev and Alex de Minaur. The latter is coming off an ATP 500 title in Acapulco this previous Saturday.
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