INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Two of the most important names on the boys’s entry checklist for the BNP Paribas Open are unlikely to play within the Southern California event.
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have been injured throughout the Australian Open final month, and Djokovic’s COVID-19 vaccination standing additionally remains to be a problem for the event that runs March 6-19 at Indian Wells.
Djokovic, a five-time winner within the desert, missed final 12 months’s event due to his vaccination standing. The U.S. is about to finish its COVID emergency declarations on May 11, lengthy after the event concludes.
Djokovic gained the Australian Open final month for his twenty second profession main regardless of being bothered by a left hamstring harm. He returned to No. 1 on the planet rankings. Nadal injured his hip throughout a second-round loss on the Australian Open and might be out as much as two months.
Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz, who reached the semifinals final 12 months, is about to return to Indian Wells after lacking the Australian Open due to harm. Also entered are No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas, No. 4 Casper Ruud and No. 5 Andrey Rublev. American Taylor Fritz is again to defend his title.
Also among the many males’s entries is No. 7 Felix Auger-Aliassime, No. 9 Holger Rune and No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz. Nick Kyrgios and Andy Murray are within the subject as effectively.
On the ladies’s facet, top-ranked Iga Swiatek is again to defend her title from final 12 months. She’ll be joined by Australian Open winner and second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka.
Also within the subject is No. 3 Ons Jabeur, No. 4 Jessica Pegula, No. 5 Caroline Garcia and No. 6 Coco Gauff.
The remaining spots within the attracts will likely be crammed by winners of the qualifying event and wild card recipients, who will likely be introduced within the coming weeks.
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