Latest BNP Paribas Open News & Updates

Miami, March 18 (IANS) The Miami Open got off to a damp start with the match start times for Wednesday’s first-round action being pushed back due to rain.Grigor Dimitrov, the former No. 3 player in the ATP Rankings, is among those set to compete at the ATP Masters 1000 event on Wednesday, when he faces Raphael Collignon. Their match is scheduled for the second on the Grandstand.Start times for matches on Grandstand, Buch Buchholz, and Court 1 have all been pushed back to not before 1 p.m. EDT.Th…

Indian Wells (USA), March 3 (IANS) Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning Australian Open winner and top seed, will face a tricky test when he steps onto the court for his opening match of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.The No. 1 player in the ATP Rankings will open the season’s first ATP Masters 1000 event against former World No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov or surging lefty Terence Atmane, with five-time Indian Wells champion Novak Djokovic looming in his half of the draw. Alcaraz played Dimitr…