Eight pairings are still represented in the double tableau in Indian Wells. This is not uncommon in the quarterfinals, some tennis foxes would say: even the rule. The fact that three of these eight teams got through to this round without a fight is also due to the special circumstances in Indian Wells: Because, as is usually the case in very few tournaments, many prominent individual players in Tennis Paradise also traditionally want to play in pairs. The priorities are always with the single.

Lucas Miedler, for example, felt it. He has an appointment with Cameron Norrie. And made an impressive start against Hugo Nys and Jan Zielinski. Then Norrie tried hard against Taro Daniel, but also for hours. And withdrew from the doubles. With which Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov moved into the quarterfinals with a walkover.

There, the two Canadians meet Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna, who, as you can guess, didn't have to play in the round of 16 either. Grigor Dimitrov and Hubert Hurkacz were not out of shape.
And tournament favorites Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupski were also able to conserve energy. After his marathon victory against Holger Rune, Stan Wawrinka no longer had the time to stand on the court for a doubles match with Frances Tiafoe.

Here the double tableau in Indian Wells

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