Indian Wells suddenly offer mixed doubles invitational with $150,000 in late U-turn, starts Wednesday

The Indian Wells might well have the mixed doubles event as well after the news broke on social media. The mega-event is moving towards the business end as the remaining players are battling out to secure the ultimate prize.

The competition generally has the singles category event to go with the men’s and women’s doubles category events.

However, according to The Times tennis correspondent Stuart Fraser, in a post on social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — broke the news that the competition might well feature the mixed doubles event as well.

“Indian Wells organisers have suddenly decided to host a mixed doubles event this week. Players have tonight received a letter from tournament director Tommy Haas offering the chance to enter an eight-team invitational starting on Wednesday. The prize pot is $150,000,” he wrote.

Before the start of the competition, there was a Tie Break tens event that took place in California where a number of top players, including the likes of the women’s world number one Iga Swiatek, America’s young sensation Ben Shelton and others performed in the mixed doubles category.

It was the American pair of Shelton and Emma Navarro who ended up winning the contest after beating the pair of Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas and his girlfriend Paula Badosa in the final.