Was John McEnroe right to call doubles a lesser form of tennis? Showdowns between top singles starts and doubles teams at Indian Wells test his theory.
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Both defending champions at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells fell in the third round to Camila Giorgi and Alexandr Dolgopolov.
The two-time major champion narrowly outlasted world No. 77 Jiri Vesely at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
The world No. 2 rolled past Victor Hanescu on a day when Tomas Berdych and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fell to unseeded challengers.
Li Na, Samantha Stosur, and Kevin Anderson also advanced on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open.
While Victoria Azarenka fell, Agnieszka Radwanska and Caroline Wozniacki advanced at the BNP Paribas Open. Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka won in doubles.
Taylor Townsend, Alisa Kleybanova, Camila Giorgi, Lleyton Hewitt, and Ryan Harrison impressed at the BNP Paribas Open.
The women’s main draw began play at the BNP Paribas Open with several young American talents featured.
World Tennis Day featured exhibition tennis at Madison Square Garden between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, as well as the Bryan brothers and McEnroe brothers.
Roger Federer claimed his sixth Dubai title, while Grigor Dimitrov won the biggest title of his career and injury sidelined two top-five men.
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