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03/11 23:26 CDT Novak Djokovic falls to defending champ Jack Draper in 3 sets
at BNP Paribas Open
Novak Djokovic falls to defending champ Jack Draper in 3 sets at BNP Paribas
Open
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) --- Defending champion Jack Draper rallied from a set
down and beat five-time champ Novak Djokovic 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) Wednesday night
in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open.
The 24-year-old Draper, who is coming back after missing eight months due to an
arm injury, advanced to the quarterfinal round and will face Daniil Medvedev,
who beat Alex Michelsen 6-2, 6-4 in the round of 16 to move on.
Djokovic, seeded third, led 6-5 in the third set before Draper rallied and
forced a tiebreaker.
"I still don't feel like I'm playing anywhere near the way I want to play,"
Draper said. "I came out here and I won that match through determination."
In addition to his win at Indian Wells last year, the 14th-seeded Draper won
the Stuttgart Open and the Vienna Open, both in 2024.
The 38-year-old Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, won at Indian Wells in
2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016. Djokovic nearly won an 11th Australian Open title
earlier this year, but lost to Carlos Alcaraz.
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