Sinner & Opelka, Djokovic & Tsitsipas headline singles stars in Indian Wells doubles draw
The BNP Paribas Open doubles draw Thursday served up must-see matches between singles stars and highly seeded doubles duos.
Jannik Sinner and Reilly Opelka will face top seeds Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in a marquee opening-round matchup, while Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas are set to meet defending champions and third seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic.
Sinner and Opelka won the Atlanta title in 2021 and were slated to partner again in Miami in 2022 until Opelka withdrew with an injury. Opelka made a winning start to his Indian Wells singles campaign on Wednesday, beating fellow American Ethan Quinn, while Sinner will play his first singles match on Friday against Dalibor Svrcina.
Granollers and Zeballos, who competed together at the Nitto ATP Finals last season, have reached the Australian Open semi-finals and the Dallas final in their two events as a pair this year. They are ranked No. 3 and No. 2 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, respectively.
Arevalo and Pavic won the 2025 Indian Wells crown without losing a set, beating four pairs of primarily singles players along the way—including Sebastian Korda and Jordan Thompson in the final.
Djokovic and Tsitsipas will hope to change those patterns, with the Greek likely to be especially motivated after being knocked out of the singles draw by Denis Shapovalov on Wednesday night. Djokovic is seeded third in the singles draw and will face Kamil Majchrzak on Saturday to open his campaign.
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Rivals Daniil Medvedev and Learner Tien are also teaming up in the desert, with the unlikely pair set to face cousins Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Vacherot in the first round. Other notable first-round matchups include Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Korda vs. Marcelo Melo and Alexander Zverev, Karen Khachanov and Andrey Rublev vs. sixth seeds Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, and Emilio Nava and Ben Shelton vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Arthur Fils.
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