This Wednesday the Indian Wells tournament starts in Californiathe first Masters 1000 of the season that will have the notable absence of Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic, whose number 1 is within a shot of Carlos Alcaraz.
The Murcian, that is know that he will debut in the second round on Saturday in the 11th against the winner of the duel between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Brandon Holtwill enter the tournament in doubt after suffering a grade 1 hamstring strain in his right leg that prevented him from competing last week in Acapulco.
He will arrive in time for a date where he made the semifinals last year, losing to Rafa Nadal, absent due to injury on this occasion. Also not competing is Novak Djokovic, who did not obtain a special permit requested to enter the United States, which will not lift the ban on foreigners who have not been vaccinated against covid until May.
Daniel Medvedevwho started the year with great force, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Casper Ruud and Taylor Fritz (current Indian Wells champion) also starts as prominent names in the men’s draw.
For the women’s competition, the 2021 Indian Wells title marks a before and after of Paula Badosa’s careerwho is not having his best moment so far but will try to recapture the sensations in one of his favorite tournaments.
The Catalan tennis player fell in the semifinals of Indian Wells in 2022 against the Greek Maria Sakkari.
In this edition of the Californian tournament, Part of Badosa as seed number 21 and, without having to play the first match, she will debut in the second round, on Saturday, against her compatriot Nuria Párrizas or the Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
He is already in the third round of the Wimbledon champion and Australian Open finalist, Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
Eighth against Russian Daria Kasatkina, fourth against Tunisian Ons Jabeur and hypothetical semifinals against the current queen of the tournament and world number 1, the Polish Iga Swiatek.
On the other side of the table, the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the queen of the Australian Open, is closing.who will fight against rivals like the Czech Barbora Krejcikova, the American Coco Gauff, the Greek Maria Sakkari or the American Jessica Pegula to assert her status as the second seed.
Hypothetical round of 16
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TOP OF THE FRAME
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/1)-Pablo Carreño (Esp/15)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/9)-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can/8)
Taylor Fritz (USA/4)-Alex de Milnaur (Aus/16)
Jannik Sinner (Ita/11)-Holger Rune (Din/7)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Daniil Medvedev (Russ/5)-Alexander Zverev (Germany/12)
Karen Khachanov (Russ/13)-Casper Ruud (Nor/3)
Andrey Rublev (Russ/6)-Cameron Norrie (GBR/10)
Frances Tiafoe (USA/14)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/2)
The Spanish crosses
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Carlos Alcaraz-Brandon Holt or Thanasi Kokkinakis
T. Etcheverry or A. Murray-Pablo Carreno
Pedro Martinez-Marc Andrea Huesler
Alex Molcan-Albert Ramos
Roberto Bautista-AND. Ruusuvuori or C. Lestienne
Y.Wu o Jaume Munar-Alejandro Davidovich
Barnabas Zapata-Ugo Humbert
Taro Daniel-Roberto Carballes
The hypothetical round of 16
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TOP OF THE FRAME
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Bra/13)
Liudmilla Samsonova (Russ/12)-Caroline Garcia (Fra/5)
Ons Jabeur (Tun/4)-Victoria Azarenka (Blr/14)
Elena Rybakina (Kaz/10)-Daria Kasatkina (Rus/8)
LOWER PART OF THE FRAME
Maria Sakkari (Gre/7)-Veronika Kudermetova (Rus/11)
Petra Kvitova (Che/15)-Jessica Pegula (USA/3)
Coco Gauff (USA/6)-Belinda Bencic (Sui/9)
Barbora Krejcikova (Che/16)-Aryna Sabalenka (Blr/2)
Source: La Verdad
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