{"id":23589,"date":"2024-03-09T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T04:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/novak-djokovic-coco-gauff-advance-in-indian-wells\/09\/03\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T04:26:09","slug":"novak-djokovic-coco-gauff-advance-in-indian-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/novak-djokovic-coco-gauff-advance-in-indian-wells\/09\/03\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak Djokovic, Coco Gauff advance in Indian Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>INDIAN WELLS, Calif. &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> made a winning return to the desert, beating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Aleksandar Vukic<\/a> 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Saturday in his first match at the BNP Paribas Open in five years.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-time Grand Slam singles champion joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Rafael Nadal<\/a> as the only players to win 400 matches in ATP Masters 1000 series events. The top-ranked Djokovic is a five-time champion at Indian Wells, tied with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Roger Federer<\/a> for most by a male, but hadn&#8217;t played in the event since 2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Coco Gauff<\/a> also won &#8212; barely &#8212; rallying just in time to avoid an early exit by edging <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Clara Burel<\/a> 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39655306\/indian-wells-2024-bnp-paribas-open-djokovic-venus-williams-nadal-osaka\" class=\"img-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The US Open women&#8217;s champion trailed 4-0 and then 5-2 in the third set of her opening match in the tournament, leaving her a game away from becoming the second top American upset by Burel this year. The No. 47-ranked player from France beat No. 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jessica Pegula<\/a> in the second round of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>The third-seeded Gauff advanced to face <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=4666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lucia Bronzetti<\/a> in the third round. The Italian knocked off No. 32 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anhelina Kalinina<\/a> 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>But Pegula was eliminated in the second round again Saturday, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anna Blinkova<\/a> of Russia beating her 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Naomi Osaka<\/a> knocked out another seeded player, ousting No. 14 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Liudmila Samsonova<\/a> of Russia, 7-5, 6-3. The four-time Grand Slam champion who returned to competition this year after giving birth won the 2018 BNP Paribas title. She will next face No. 24 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elise Mertens<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0310%2Fr1302675_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0310%2Fr1302675_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0310%2Fr1302675_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F0310%2Fr1302675_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">With his victory Saturday, Novak Djokovic joined Rafael Nadal as the only players to win 400 matches in ATP Masters 1000 series events.\u00a0<cite>Jonathan Hui-USA TODAY Sports<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>No. 27 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Victoria Azarenka<\/a>, who won the event twice, was upset by American <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caroline Dolehide<\/a> 7-5, 2-6, 6-3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Emma Raducanu<\/a>, the 2021 US Open women&#8217;s champion, reached the third round when No. 30-seeded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Dayana Yastremska<\/a> had to retire after Raducanu had taken a 4-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic avoided an upset by pulling away from the No. 69-ranked Vukic in the third set of his first match since falling to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> in the semifinals of the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic won Masters 1000 titles last year at Cincinnati and Paris, but couldn&#8217;t play in the first two of the year in Indian Wells and Miami, still prevented at the time from traveling to the U.S. as a foreigner who was not vaccinated against COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>He won in the desert in 2008 and 2011, then three straight times from 2014 to 2016. The 36-year-old from Serbia is 400-86 in ATP Masters 1000 events. Nadal, who withdrew just before the event, has 406 victories in the nine tournaments at the level below the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>No. 12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=2946\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Taylor Fritz<\/a> and No. 28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/2366\/cameron-norrie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cam Norrie<\/a>, both past champions at Indian Wells, moved into the third round along with No. 13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/player\/_\/id\/1287\/grigor-dimitrov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Grigor Dimitrov<\/a>. No. 14 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3085\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ugo Humbert<\/a> and No. 21 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=1266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Adrian Mannarino<\/a> both advanced, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=10052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arthur Fils<\/a>, another Frenchman, ousted No. 23 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/sports\/tennis\/players\/profile?playerId=3212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Alejandro Davidovich Fokina<\/a> 6-3, 6-4.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/39695068\/coco-gauff-rallies-win-third-set-tiebreaker-indian-wells\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDIAN WELLS, Calif. &mdash; Novak Djokovic made a winning return to the desert, beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 on Saturday in<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/novak-djokovic-coco-gauff-advance-in-indian-wells\/09\/03\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[1337,114,871,115,3180,865,4739],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23591,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23589\/revisions\/23591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}