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Alcaraz and Djokovic, possible rivals in Indian Wells rooms

Spanish and Serbian have collided eight times. Never in this event

March 04, 2025

Before 2025, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic had never faced themselves before the semifinals. That trend was cut in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where the Serbian triumphed. And the rivalry between them could follow the same line in the BNP Paribas Open, the first ATP Masters 1000 whose main box was known on Monday.

As the Spanish will be a second head of series and the Serbian, sixth, they can collide in the quarterfinals for the second time in a row in their Lexus Atp Headtohead leading Djokovic 5-3 thanks to keeping the last two clashes, in the final of the Olympic Games in Paris, and in January in Melbourne Park.

Of course, both will have to demand to the maximum to establish a new duel between them. The Serbian, for example, will debut in the second round before the winner of the duel between the Australian Nick Kyrgios and a tennis player from the ‘qualy’.

If progress could measure the Argentine Francisco Cerúando, 25 ° head of series and who debuts against the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina or the local Mackenzie McDonald.

While Alcaraz will leave against French Quentin Halys, with whom he has no background, or a player of the previous phase. In Spanish, champion of the last two editions in California, they expect greater challenges later.

His first preclassified rival with which he could face would be the 27th head of series, the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, who will debut before a ‘qualifier’ and comes from being a champion in Dallas and semifinalist in Acapulco, both Tournaments of ATP 500 level.

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The most preclassified, the German Alexander Zverev, will debut before the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor or the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic. The 29th preclassified, the Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, could be his rival in the third round, as long as his premiere earns before the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan or the Spanish Pedro Martínez.

Nor will it be a favorable start for Taylor Fritz, third series head and winner of the tournament in 2022. His first rival will be the Argentine Sebastián Báez, who comes from being champion in Rio and finalist in Santiago, or a player of the classification.

In First Round Unmissable matches, the Spanish Jaume Munar will collide with the Japanese Kei Nishikori, the Argentine Tomás Etcheverry will collide with the Czech Jakub Mensik, and the Frenchman Gael Monfils will do so before the German Jan-Lennard Struff.