SATURDAY SCHEDULE and PREVIEW | 2024 Indian Wells Open including DJOKOVIC, SABALENKA, GAUFF in action

The second round continues with the second half of the draw at the 2024 Indian Wells Open (BNP Paribas Open) with Saturday's Schedule now confirmed including Novak Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff among others involved.

Our preview looks ahead to the main talking points on the biggest day of action yet at Indian Wells with top matches wherever you look.

Novak Djokovic will play Indian Wells for the first time in five years during the Day Session when he takes on Aleksandar Vukic. The Serbian ace has not been allowed into the US aside from the US Open last year meaning he didn't get to play the 2023 edition of Indian Wells. But as he showed last year at the Australian Open, it often instils a fire inside the World No.1 to prove a point after being wronged in his mind.

Djokovic is a five-time champion in the Desert and hasn't played since the Australian Open unlike a lot of his counterparts. After a crushing loss to Jannik Sinner, people mooted that he was on the slide. But count out Djokovic at your peril.

As well as Djokovic, it is a day full of top American stars including Coco Gauff who begins proceedings off this evening against Clara Burel, she will be followed by another American in Taylor Fritz. He faces recent Santiago finalist, Alejandro Tabilo.

But over on other show courts, Jessica Pegula opens up against Anna Blinkova. While later in the evening, it is the turn of Tommy Paul to face a rising American star in Alex Michelsen.

But the main American match aside from Gauff perhaps is a certain former NCAA champion and nominee for WTA Newcomer of the Year in Peyton Stearns who made superb traction in 2023. She faces Aryna Sabalenka who reached the final last year. But has not made the best start to post Australian Open life losing early to Donna Vekic in Dubai and only playing one tournament. Will Stearns be buoyed in Tennis Paradise by a night session atmosphere? Time will tell.

They are followed on by Daniil Medvedev who takes on Roberto Carballes Baena. Other top ties to watch include Milos Raonic v Holger Rune, Hubert Hurkacz v Gael Monfils and the continued return of Naomi Osaka. She faces Liudmila Samsonova.

Emma Raducanu will also play first up when she faces story of the Australian Open in Dayana Yastremska. Superb at times during her opener, the Brit will look to continue and not face the ranking slump for losing early.

11 a.m.: Clara Burel vs. Coco Gauff

Not before 1 p.m.: Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo

Followed by: Novak Djokovic vs. Aleksandar Vukic

6 p.m.: Peyton Stearns vs. Aryna Sabalenka

Followed by: Daniil Medvedev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena

11 a.m.: Milos Raonic vs. Holger Rune

Not before 1 p.m.: Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova

Followed by: Naomi Osaka vs. Liudmila Samsonova

6 p.m.: Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen

Followed by: Qinwen Zheng vs. Yue Yuan

11 a.m.: Dayana Yastremska vs. Emma Raducanu

Followed by: Maria Sakkari vs. Diana Shnaider

Followed by: Caroline Dolehide vs. Victoria Azarenka

Not before 6 p.m.: Casper Ruud vs. Lukas Klein

Followed by: Gaël Monfils vs. Hubert Hurkacz

11 a.m.: Cameron Norrie vs. Lorenzo Sonego

Followed by: Alexandre Muller vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Followed by: Fabio Fognini vs. Sebastian Baez

Followed by: Elina Svitolina vs. Katerina Siniakova

Followed by: Lesia Tsurenko vs. Emma Navarro

11 a.m.: Patrick Kypson vs. Ugo Humbert

Followed by: Zhizhen Zhang vs. Luca Nardi

Followed by: Lorenzo Musetti vs. Denis Shapovalov

Followed by: Santiago Gonzalez/Neal Skupski vs. Francisco Cerundolo/Cameron Norrie

Followed by: Taylor Fritz/Jiri Lehecka vs. Nathaniel Lammons/Jackson Withrow

11 a.m.: Diane Parry vs. Leylah Fernandez

Followed by: Christopher Eubanks/Ben Shelton vs. Marcel Granollers/Horacio Zeballos

Followed by: Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Korda

Followed by: Karen Khachanov/Andrey Rublev vs. Jannik Sinner/Lorenzo Sonego

Followed by: Grigor Dimitrov-Dan Evans vs. Marcelo Melo-Alex Zverev

11 a.m.: Adrian Mannarino vs. Tomas Machac

Followed by: Arthur Fils vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

Followed by: Sara Errani/Laura Siegemund vs. Ludmyla Kichenok/Jelena Ostapenko

Followed by: Ulrikke Eikeri/Hanyu Guo vs. Anna Kalinskaya/Veronika Kudermetova

Followed by: Shuko Aoyama/Aleksandra Krunic vs. Xinyu Wang vs. Fang-Hsien Wu

11 a.m.: Anhelina Kalinina vs. Lucia Bronzetti

Followed by: Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens

Followed by: Marcelo Arevalo/Mate Pavic vs. Nicolas Jarry/Max Purcell

Followed by: Marie Bouzkova/Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Anastasia Kalinina/Dayana Yastremska

Followed by: Oksana Kalashnikova/Alycia Parks vs. Magda Linette/Bernarda Pera

Followed by: Cristina Bucsa/Alexandra Panova vs. Gabby Dabrowski/Erin Routliffe

11 a.m.: Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Kasatkina

Followed by: Caroline Garcia vs. Viktoriya Tomova

Followed by: Sorana Cirstea vs. Sloane Stephens

Followed by: Beatriz Haddad Maia/Taylor Townsend vs. Hailey Baptiste/Clervie Ngounoue

Followed by: Anna Danilina-Shuai Shang vs. Miyu Kato-Aldila Sutjiadi