INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Carlos Alcaraz may run into Novak Djokovic within the quarterfinals in his quest for a uncommon Indian Wells three-peat, whereas defending girls’s champion Iga Swiatek additionally faces a troublesome check.
Djokovic beat Alcaraz to achieve the Australian Open semifinals in January and is hoping he can turn out to be solely the third man to say 100 profession singles titles when the principle draw of the match kicks off Wednesday within the California desert.
Djokovic, who obtained a first-round bye, will hope to have put latest damage issues behind him as he kicks off his marketing campaign on the Masters 1000 occasion towards both a qualifier or Australia’s Nick Kyrgios.
The boys’s draw may additionally see No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany face off towards Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas within the quarterfinals.
American Taylor Fritz, the 2022 champion and native favourite, may run into Russian Andrey Rublev within the remaining eight.
On the ladies’s facet, No. 2 seed Swiatek is on a quarterfinal collision course with China’s Qinwen Zheng months after the No. 7 seed knocked her out within the semifinal stage of the Olympic girls’s singles match.
High-seeded Aryna Sabalenka will look to bounce again after a pair of early exits from Doha and Dubai final month, with Italy’s Jasmine Paolini probably standing between her and the semifinals.
A tantalizing all-American quarterfinal conflict could possibly be within the playing cards after 2023 US Open winner Coco Gauff and newly minted Australian Open champion Madison Keys have been pulled into the identical half of the draw.
Every hopes to finish a 24-year title drought for American girls at Indian Wells since Serena Williams final received the occasion.
Reuters contributed to this report.