Earlier than they get all the way down to the intense enterprise of competing for the BNP Paribas Open title, ATP Tour stars together with Stefanos Tsitsipas and World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev are early this week suiting up for the annual ATP photograph shoot on the grounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Backyard.
Held in recent times on the Australian Open, the shoot was postponed final 12 months as a result of Covid-19. So gamers are sporting additional extensive smiles with their new kits this week as they be part of their WTA colleagues in preening for photographic, video and social media content material. About 150 gamers will take part throughout 4 days.
An early arrival in Indian Wells, Tsitsipas was among the many first gamers in entrance of the cameras Monday, together with Hubert Hurkacz, Jannik Sinner, Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur. WTA stars on deck Monday included Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep, Garbine Muguruza and Ajla Tomljanovic.
Medvedev will head ATP gamers on obligation Tuesday, becoming a member of the likes of Andrey Rublev, Andy Murray, Grigor Dimitrov, Carlos Alcaraz, Gael Monfils and Nick Kyrgios.
Principal-draw play on the BNP Paribas Open begins Thursday. As a result of pandemic, that is the primary time since 2019 that the match has been held in its conventional March dates. Medvedev leads 19 of the World’s High 20 gamers in motion.
