Indian Wells 2024 Day 6 Recap: Fortunate Loser Nardi Stuns Djokovic

The 2024 BNP Paribas Open spherical of 32 is full. It featured the shock upset of the event to date, as Luca Nardi defeated prime seed Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

The Italian entered the primary draw as a fortunate loser and have become the lowest-ranked participant to inflict a defeat on Djokovic on the Masters 1000 degree.

Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev overcame Seb Korda in three units, whereas Holger Rune, Taylor Fritz, Grigor Dimitrov and Tommy Paul all progressed in straight units.

The opposite slight upset of the spherical was Gael Monfils taking out twenty eighth seed and former champion Cameron Norrie after coming down from a set and 0-30 to make the 4th spherical for the fifth time in Indian Wells.

You may see the total outcomes from day six under.

Day Six 2024 BNP Paribas Open Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Luca Nardi (LL)
Novak Djokovic (1)
6-4 3-6 6-3

Daniil Medvedev (4)
Sebastian Korda (29)
6-4 5-7 6-3

Holger Rune (7)
Lorenzo Musetti (26)
6-2 7-6(5)

Casper Ruud (9)
Arthur Fils
6-2 6-4

Taylor Fritz (12)
Sebastian Baez (19)
6-2 6-2

Grigor Dimitrov (13)
Adrian Mannarino (21)
6-3 6-3

Tommy Paul (17)
Ugo Humbert (14)
6-4 6-4

Gael Monfils
Cameron Norrie (28)
6-5 7-6(5) 6-3

Nardi Nukes Djokovic

Luca Nardi solely entered the primary attract Indian Wells as a fortunate loser, however he’ll depart with an enormous scalp on his resume and a breakthrough into the highest 100 within the ATP rankings.

The Italian defeated the five-time champion and world primary Novak Djokovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a powerful efficiency from the baseline that made Djokovic’s much-lauded defensive talents look odd.

Nardi additionally confirmed loads of deft contact within the forecourt when wanted, and it was a powerful efficiency.

As for Djokovic, he began the match a bit off-colour and loved some good moments within the second set and early within the third set however in the end got here up brief.

I wouldn’t begin writing his obituary but, as matches like this present how tight the margins are on the prime of males’s tennis. Only a tiny drop out of your finest, and there are a couple of hundred gamers on the market able to handing you a loss, assuming they’ll maintain it collectively on the large stadiums like Nardi managed completely.

I feel that earlier than this night time, nobody knew me. I hope that the group loved the sport. I’m tremendous proud of this one. I don’t know the way I held my nerve. I feel it’s a miracle as a result of I’m a 20-year-old man, 100 on the planet, and beating Novak. It’s loopy. Nardi on his huge win over Djokovic.

Medvedev Conquers Korda

Daniil Medvedev is thru to the fourth spherical due to a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 win over Sebastian Korda.

The Twenty ninth-seeded American was a little bit of a bogey participant for Medvedev final 12 months, defeating him on the Australian Open and Shangai Masters in straight units, however final 12 months’s overwhelmed finalist broke serve 9 occasions to progress.

One concern for the Russian shall be his serving; this season, his serve has turn into a slight legal responsibility somewhat than the weapon we’re used to. It’s down in velocity, and he threw in 10 double faults in the course of the match.

Fortuitously, his return sport introduced up 22 break factors to counter the consequences of that, however he’ll be trying to tidy that up towards Dimitrov within the fourth spherical.

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Did Djokovic’s loss shock you? Can Nardi again up his win towards Tommy Paul within the subsequent spherical?