As ordinary, the boys’s doubles draw on the BNP Paribas Open is stacked.
Indian Wells is just the worldwide chief in doubles. Along with the Eisenhower Cup (combined doubles exhibition that begins the fortnight), the doubles fields on each the boys’s and girls’s sides are perennially loaded. If gamers lose early in singles, some doubles may give them a motive to stay round longer on the Indian Wells Tennis Backyard — generally referred to as “Tennis Paradise.”
This yr’s males’s doubles event is not any exception. Among the many entrants are Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Alex de Minaur, Ben Shelton, Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Bublik, and Frances Tiafoe.
Sinner is teaming up with Reilly Opelka. They gained the Atlanta ATP 250 title collectively in 2021 and can go up in opposition to the top-seeded duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. Djokovic pairs with Stefanos Tsitsipas. They’ll meet Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic, among the best groups on the planet. Medvedev and Learner Tien additionally make up one of many marquee pairings. They’re going through cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot, who famously went head-to-head within the Shanghai last this previous all.
One other first-round matchup to look at is Zverev and Marcelo Melo vs. Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Korda.
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