A packed day three at the BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells will bring us a couple of major winners to the courts as Raducanu, Murray and Halep are all set to make their debuts at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open.
After a slow start at the BNP Paribas Open, we will finally get to see some of the bigger names play. Seeded players have traditionally a 1st round BYE and slowly but surely we are getting to the 2nd round. On day 3 we will see many of the bigger names play including a return to tennis for Emma Raducanu.
It will get underway at 20:00 CET and on the ATP side with a couple of interesting matches including youngster Holger Rune taking on native Escobedo. A bit later we will see a couple of next-genners play such as Californian Jenson Broosky who will take on Ilkel as well as Musetti who will play Ramos. The best of the night is reserved for the night session where we will see a lot of Americans play as well as Andy Murray against Mannarino.
On the WTA side of the event, there will be many more interesting matches starting early with Swiatek taking on Martic and Svitolina taking on Martincova. A bit later we will get another blockbuster match as Simona Halep takes on Marta Kostyuk. Victoria Azarenka will also play and her opponent will be the tricky Linette. Bencic is another big name on the courts as she plays native Shelby Rogers.
The WTA night session won't lack any firepower or star power for that matter as Petra Kvitova takes on Rus, Pegula takes on Stephens and Fernandez takes on Cornet. Emma Raducanu is also going to make her return to tennis with a match against Sasnovich scheduled for 03:00 CET.
*All times dispalyed are Central European Times (CET)
ATP - Day
20:00 Delbonis F. (Arg) - Nishioka Y. (Jpn)
20:00 Koepfer D. (Ger) - Ruusuvuori E. (Fin)
20:00 Kudla D. (Usa) - Tabilo A. (Chi)
21:30 Anderson K. (Rsa) - Thompson J. (Aus)
21:30 Rune H. (Den) - Escobedo E. (Usa)
21:30 Struff J-L. (Ger) - Galan Riveros D. E. (Col)
23:00 Bagnis F. (Arg) - Gomez E. (Ecu)
23:00 Ilkel C. (Tur) - Brooksby J. (Usa)
23:00 Ramos A. (Esp) - Musetti L. (Ita)
ATP - Night
03:00 Coria F. (Arg) - Nakashima B. (Usa)
03:00 Martinez P. (Esp) - Marcora R. (Ita)
03:00 Sock J. (Usa) - Millman J. (Aus)
03:00 Vukic A. (Aus) - Andujar-Alba P. (Esp)
04:30 Fucsovics M. (Hun) - Mager G. (Ita)
04:30 Gerasimov E. (Blr) - Eubanks C. (Usa)
04:30 Murray A. (Gbr) - Mannarino A. (Fra)
WTA - Day
20:00 Cirstea S. (Rou) - Doi M. (Jpn)
20:00 Kudermetova V. (Rus) - Samsonova L. (Rus)
20:00 Martic P. (Cro) - Swiatek I. (Pol)
20:00 Martincova T. (Cze) - Svitolina E. (Ukr)
21:30 Hsieh S-W. (Tpe) - Ostapenko J. (Lat)
21:30 Kostyuk M. (Ukr) - Halep S. (Rou)
21:30 Linette M. (Pol) - Azarenka V. (Blr)
21:30 Mertens E. (Bel) - Paolini J. (Ita)
23:00 Begu I. (Rou) - Teichmann J. B. (Sui)
23:00 Bencic B. (Sui) - Rogers S. (Usa)
00:00 Keys M (Usa) - Pavlyuchenkova A (Rus)
WTA - Night
03:00 Kvitova P. (Cze) - Rus A. (Ned)
03:00 Raducanu E. (Gbr) - Sasnovich A. (Blr)
03:00 Rybakina E. (Kaz) - Putintseva Y. (Kaz)
04:30 Stephens S. (Usa) - Pegula J. (Usa)
05:00 Fernandez L. A. (Can) - Cornet A. (Fra)