Superstar Trio Headline Sunday At Indian Wells

• Three of the biggest superstars on the ATP World Tour are on Sunday’s schedule at the BNP Paribas Open with No. 2 seed/five-time champion Novak Djokovic, three-time winner/No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal and four-time title holder/No. 9 seed Roger Federer. They have won 12 of the last 13 BNP Paribas Open titles. But this year the trio are in the bottom quarter of the draw and only one of the former champions could reach the semi-finals.

• The trio have combined to win 82 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles and 44 Grand Slam championships while finishing No. 1 in 12 of the last 13 years (except 2016). Overall, they have combined to capture 225 singles titles.

• In the first match on Stadium 1, British No. 2 Daniel Evans and No. 4 seed Kei Nishikori meet for the third time (tied 1-1). Just two and a-half months into 2017, Evans has already surpassed last year’s match wins total (9) with a 10-4 record. He is also trying to earn his third Top 10 win of the season. He is ranked a career-high No. 41. Nishikori reached the quarter-finals here last season and the 27-year-old Japanese star has finished in the Top 10 the past three years.

• In the next match on, Nadal takes on Argentine left-hander Guido Pella for the first time. Nadal is coming off a runner-up in Acapulco (l. to Querrey) on March 4 and he’s trying to capture his first title on hard courts since 2014 Doha. He’s played in 30 hard court tournaments since then. Pella is looking to reach the 3R for the second straight year. He is 1-4 lifetime against Top 10 foes.

• In the final day session match, British No.3 Kyle Edmund squares off with Djokovic, who won both previous meetings last year in straight sets (ATP Masters 1000 Miami, US Open). Djokovic enters the first ATP Masters 1000 tournament of the season with five titles and a 17-match winning streak at Indian Wells. His last loss came in the 2013 semi-finals to Juan Martin del Potro, a possible 3R opponent. Edmund is trying to earn his first career Top 10 victory (0-8).

• In the evening session, Federer plays 36-year-old Frenchman Stephane Robert for the first time. Federer returns to Indian Wells after missing last year with a knee injury. The Swiss recovered from his knee injury and knocked off Nadal in the Australian Open final to became the oldest Grand Slam champion (35) since Ken Rosewall at the 1972 Australian Open and the lowest-ranked major champion (No. 17) since Gaston Gaudio at 2004 Roland Garros. Robert is 1-8 against Top 10 foes.

• On Stadium 2, No. 12 seed Grigor Dimitrov (vs. Mikhail Youzhny) is the first men’s match on followed by No. 31 del Potro (vs. Federico Delbonis) and No. 17/top American Jack Sock (vs. Henri Laaksonen).

On Stadium 3, No. 18 seed and #NextGenATP star Alexander Zverev (vs.Facundo Bagnis) is the first match on. Americans No. 23 seed Sam Querrey (vs. Donald Young) are third on, followed by No. 24 Steve Johnson (vs. Kevin Anderson) and No. 6 Marin Cilic (vs. Taylor Fritz).

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