LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Andy Murray and Sofia Kenin have been handed wild cards for this month’s Indian Wells match, organizers mentioned on Tuesday.
The BNP Paribas Open Twitter web page posted a photograph of the pair with the caption: “Here they arrive.”
Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray, whose finest consequence on the match within the Southern California desert was in 2009 when was thrashed by Rafa Nadal within the closing, misplaced within the third spherical of the Masters 1000 match final 12 months.
The Briton additionally misplaced his marriage ceremony ring throughout the occasion after attaching it to his smelly sneakers which he had put beneath his automotive. After an attraction on social media, the ring and sneakers had been returned.
Kenin had a breakthrough at Indian Wells in 2018 when as an adolescent she entered the highest 100 by reaching the second spherical as a qualifier.
The American gained the Australian Open in 2020 and has reached as excessive as world quantity 4.
The Indian Wells principal draw begins with the WTA matches on March 9 and ATP motion on March 10, and wraps up on March 20.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
