[guitarra]

He is in the main draw in doubles. Will he enter singles too?

Interesting choice for a TOP10 player...

 

[POTUS Haase]

I think he's only playing doubles and is using this week to prepare for the real Indian Wells tournament.

 

[Nepoznati Knez]

Well he was already there having played Acapulco and he badly need matches...
He had more lows than highs last 15 months.

Plus Challenger is in same Venue like Masters some days after....

I think it is far from a bad move, Indian Wells is a very tricky place with desert wind, changing temperature, and high bounce.....Plus if it did not change that awfull 96 format where seeds have a bye and play opponents that have already a win under their belt causing usually lots of surprises among seeds that lack rythm.

Getting used to this conditons with a couple of double matches and some training sessions with his bro can help him....

 

[IBM]

A quick glance at the rule book:

7.07 Play-Up Regulation (ATP Challenger Tour Tournaments)

A. Restrictions

1) Players positioned 1-10 in the Emirates ATP Rankings twenty-one (21) days prior to the first Monday of the ATP Challenger Tour tournament are prohibited from entering, accepting a wild card and/or competing in an ATP Challenger Tour tournament.

In Singles and Top50 players do need a wildcard to enter Challengers. So yeah, no Singles for Zverev

 

[Tennis9000+]

He probably wants to get used to the conditions before the real tournament starts.

 

[MatthewPup]

He’s so nice to his family members

 

[Cloren]

It’s doubles, so I don’t see anything wrong there

 

[zjtennis]

Just doubles (as a Top 10 singles player he's ineligible to play, period), and seeing he's paired up with his Mischa probably means it could be a sibling connection motivation.

 

[Super Djoker]

Isn’t it a 48 draw format with seeds playing someone who won a round coming in ?

 

[Repo Man]

They said these nextgenners were going to dethrone Djokovic.

5 years since then and now NextGen is playing challengers and Djokovic is winning everything.

 

[kingroger]

They said these nextgenners were going to dethrone Djokovic.

5 years since then and now NextGen is playing challengers and Djokovic is winning everything.

unless sarcasm, this comment is just dumb.

 

[hammett]

unless sarcasm, this comment is just dumb.

I think its called a joke . Mix in with a little hatred .

I dont see anything wrong , quite smart move to get his serve marching for the main event adapting to conditions along the way

 

[40ge1_5ederer]

Sascha in 5.

He is in the main draw in doubles. Will he enter singles too?

Interesting choice for a TOP10 player...

 

[MatthewPup]

Entering doubles in order to get used to the surface because he knows he has a bye in the first rd and he will plays someone in the second round, who is already used to the surface = smart. I’m shocked and I have to give credit where it’s due. Good thinking there Zverez