{"id":43258,"date":"2013-03-06T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T00:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=43258"},"modified":"2013-03-11T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T00:00:10","slug":"bnp-paribas-open-draw-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/bnp-paribas-open-draw-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"BNP Paribas Open draw revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Objavljen<\/p>\n

The first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event of the season, the BNP Paribas Open<\/a>, will be played from March 7 to March 17 in Indian Wells.<\/p>\n

2008 and 2011 champion Djokovic is a top seed and has a first-round BYE. He will open his campaign against world no.36 Italian Fabio Fognini who defeated Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-4, 6-3. Novak has won all of their three previous career meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novak\u2019s potential opponents in the later stages of the tournament are:<\/p>\n

3rd round<\/span>: Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 31)
\n4th round<\/span>: Juan Monaco (ARG, 14), Sam Querrey (USA, 23)
\nQuarter-finals<\/span>: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA, 8), Marin Cilic (CRO, 12), Milos Raonic (CAN, 17)
\nSemi-finals<\/span>: Andy Murray (GBR, 3), Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG, 7)<\/p>\n

Roger Federer (SUI, 2), David Ferrer (ESP, 4), Rafael Nadal (ESP, 5), Tomas Berdych (CZE, 6)\u2026 are in the bottom half of the draw.<\/p>\n

Last year Nole fell to John Isner in the semi-finals, 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-7 (5).<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Serbian has won 13 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophies and is bidding to win his third title of the season after victories in Melbourne and Dubai.<\/p>\n

This will be Novak\u2019s eighth appearance at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (26-5 record). He comes into the event with a perfect 13-0 match record in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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