Djokovic, knocked out in the third round of Indian Wells by world number 123, Luca Nardi. The Italian became the fourth lowest-ranked player to beat a world number one.
The day in the Californian desert was also marked by the victories of the Dane Holger Rune and Taylor Fritz, in the men's circuit, and of the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff in the women's circuit. This Tuesday will be the time for the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, number two in the world and defending champion, to face the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.