{"id":466278,"date":"2026-02-10T17:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466278\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:46:08","slug":"the-perfect-tennis-paradise-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/466278\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Tennis Paradise Kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inside iconic Stadium 2 on Tuesday evening at the BNP Paribas Open, eight elite mixed doubles teams\u2014a veritable who\u2019s who of tennis\u2014featuring two-time champion Iga Swiatek, 2023 champion Taylor Fritz, reigning Australian Open champion Elena Rybakina, defending champion Mirra Andreeva and more will take part in a high-stakes Tie Break Tens showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Come for world-class tennis and stay to witness showmanship at full tilt, with a winner-take-all prize purse of $200k.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since its inception, the fast-paced Eisenhower Cup has cemented itself as an Indian Wells tradition and a one-of-a-kind spectacle. The sixth edition of an event that broke new ground as the first mixed doubles competition ever played at the Masters 1000 level begins at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, March 3, with gates opening to Stadium 2 at 5:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"GlobalButton_primary__56Isb GlobalButton_button__Ld58J RichText_button__YgAjZ GlobalButton_typography__k_in2\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/tickets?group=single,On-sale+now+Evening&amp;day=G-PZ2Wv0RHGYuh5KhwYBuA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A star-studded field, a packed stadium, and a light-hearted vibe that brings smiles for miles. The Eisenhower Cup is the perfect way to celebrate the eve of main draw play in Tennis Paradise, and this year\u2019s edition promises to be the most vibrant yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s great entertainment when you have both Tours united, with high-level players from the WTA and ATP competing together,\u201d said two-time singles finalist Maria Sakkari, who has teamed with the likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud in years past. \u201cIt\u2019s great for the sport. The lineup is unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside iconic Stadium 2 on Tuesday evening at the BNP Paribas Open, eight elite mixed doubles teams\u2014a veritable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-466278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}