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Long Indian Wells without Nole and Nadal, but with seven Argentines

Long Indian Wells without Nole and Nadal, but with seven Argentines

The Indian Wells, the first of the nine Masters 1000 category tournaments on the tennis calendar, will begin today in the American Californian desert without the Serbian Novak Djokovic or the Spanish Rafael Nadal, and with seven Argentines headed by Francisco Cerúndolo and Sebastián Báez.

The tournament, which will distribute prizes of $10,143,750 and will run until Sunday, March 19, is played jointly between the ATP and the WTA at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, with a central court with capacity for 16,000 spectators. For Djokovic, his refusal to get vaccinated against the covid condemned him since in the United States it is an essential requirement and that is why Indian Wells will be lost, and also the next stop of the Masters 1000 series in Miami, as has happened in the last four years, since he last participated in 2019. Nadal, for his part, who shares the record for Grand Slams won with 22 trophies each with the Serbian, was injured during the Australian Open and it is estimated that his return will take place in April in the European brick dust tour. Absence in Indian Wells will cost Nadal dearly, while the same could happen to Djokovic. In this sense, “Rafa” will leave the “top ten” after almost 18 years, since April 25, 2005, since he will lose the points he scored when he was a finalist last year. In the case of “Nole”, he could ceding the No. 1 in the world to Carlos Alcaraz from Murcia, who will take it from him if he wins the title. As for the Argentines, there will be the two with the best ranking, “Fran” Cerúndolo (32) and Sebastián Báez (35), who will also enter to play directly in the second round, and also Diego Schwartzman, Federico Coria, Tomás Martín Etcheverry from La Plata, Pedro Cachín from Cordoba and Guido Pella from Bahia. Cerúndolo will debut in the second round against Frenchman Gregoire Barrere (65) or the American server Jack Sock (154), while Báez will do it against the Swedish Mikael Ymer (57) or a rival emerged from the classification. “Little” Schwartzman (38) will play in the initial round with Federico Coria (64). The winner of the cross between the Argentines will play in the next round with the Norwegian Ruud (3), third favorite for the title. The La Plata Etcheverry (61) will face the British Andy Murray (55). In the event of winning, Etcheverry will play in the next round with the Spanish Pablo Carreño Busta (17). The Cordovan from Bell Ville Pedro Cachín (66) will debut against the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili (118), who was a finalist in Indian Wells in 2021 and the winner will then go with the German Alexander Zverev (14). For his part, Guido Pella (739) from Bahia will participate in the tournament with a “protected ranking” due to an injury that kept him inactive for a year, and will debut against Brazilian left-hander Thiago Monteiro (78).
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