Heinrich Griessel

Mar 9, 2024 | planetsport.com | James Richardson |Heinrich Griessel

A record-hunting Novak Djokovic will kick off his bid for a seventh Indian Wells title on Saturday. Britain's Cameron Norrie and Emma Raducanu also have tough matches on a jam-packed Saturday schedule at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. The matches will come thick and fast across the day. Here we make picks for a handful of matches scheduled to be played on Saturday 9 March.

Mar 8, 2024 | planetsport.com | James Richardson |Heinrich Griessel

The Italian followed up his Melbourne triumph by winning another title in Rotterdam. In his first match as world number three, he eased to a 6-3 6-0 win against Australian Kokkinakis. Including his three singles victories in guiding Italy to Davis Cup success last November, Sinner has now won 16 matches in a row. The 22-year-old, who could climb to second in the rankings this fortnight, said: "You always can set goal after goal and then, when you reach one goal, try to work hard for the next goal.

Mar 8, 2024 | planetsport.com | James Richardson |Heinrich Griessel

Looking for just his second victory over a top-five opponent since 2016 and buoyed by an impressive performance in the opening round against David Goffin, Murray matched Russian Rublev for most of the contest. But he was unable to take four set points in the opener and succumbed to a 7-6 (3) 6-1 loss in the Californian desert. Rublev said of Murray in an on-court interview: "He had a lot of chances in the first set and I was lucky to win. Had I lost it, it would have been really, really tough.

Mar 8, 2024 | planetsport.com | Heinrich Griessel |Derek Bilton

The British number two struggled to find his footing in the opening set, giving up breaks in the second and fourth games before Safiullin wrapped up the set in just 27 minutes. The second set threatened to unravel in similar fashion early when the Russian broke Evans in the third game, but the world number 45 was able to break straight back. Both men matched each other game-for-game from there until the Briton snagged the crucial break in the 12th game to level the match at 1-1.

Mar 7, 2024 | planetsport.com | James Richardson |Heinrich Griessel

Andy Murray has proven some of his critics wrong this week but it would be a huge surprise if he could stun Andrey Rublev at Indian Wells. Murray beat David Goffin in his best performance of the year to date to get his fans fired up at last in 2024. However, he meets Rublev at a time when the Russian has his own points to prove particularly when it comes to mental toughness. Here we make picks for eight of the matches going down at Indian Wells on Friday.