{"id":513850,"date":"2026-03-09T23:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:04:08","slug":"djokovic-sinner-set-for-doubles-on-monday-in-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513850\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic, Sinner Set For Doubles On Monday In Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/novak-djokovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> fans will get the chance to see the record 24-time Grand Slam winner twice in Indian Wells on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After he meets <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/aleksandar-kovacevic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aleksandar Kovacevic<\/a> in singles to start play at Stadium 1, he\u2019ll compete in his doubles opener alongside <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/stefanos-tsitsipas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The wildcards are fourth up at Stadium 3, taking on defending champions <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/marcelo-arevalo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marcelo Arevalo<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/mate-pavic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mate Pavic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It marks Djokovic\u2019s first doubles contest in the desert since 2019 when he reached the semifinals with Fabio Fognini.\u00a0The Serb owns one career doubles title, along with his staggering 101 in singles. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/jannik-sinner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> also takes to the doubles court, partnering <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/reilly-opelka\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reilly Opelka<\/a> at Stadium 4. Second up, Sinner and Opelka get top seeds <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/marcel-granollers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marcel Granollers<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/horacio-zeballos\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Horacio Zeballos<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sinner \u2014 a four-time major champ in singles \u2014 landed his lone doubles crown with the 6-foot-11 Opelka in Atlanta in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He collected his first Indian Wells doubles match win in 2024, when he and fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego beat <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/karen-khachanov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Karen Khachanov<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLinkButton_underline__PMbvH TextLinkButton_button__6iB_U RichText_inlineLink__ltbLd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/players\/detail\/andrey-rublev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andrey Rublev<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"GlobalButton_primary__56Isb GlobalButton_button__Ld58J RichText_button__YgAjZ GlobalButton_typography__k_in2\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/bnpparibasopen.com\/tickets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic fans will get the chance to see the record 24-time Grand Slam winner twice in Indian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-513850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}