BNP PARIBAS INDIAN WELLS CALIFORNIA – THE DOUBLES ENTRY LIST REVEALED, HEADLINED BY AN ISNER-RAONIC PAIRING AND MAX “THE BEAST” MIRNYI AND GRIGOR DIMITROV BY RICKY DIMON FOR 10SBALLS_COM

Written by: Staff on 25th February 2016

BNP PARIBAS INDIAN WELLS CALIFORNIA - THE DOUBLES ENTRY LIST REVEALED, HEADLINED BY AN ISNER-RAONIC PAIRING AND MAX "THE BEAST" MIRNYI AND GRIGOR DIMITROV BY RICKY DIMON FOR 10SBALLS_COM

epa05152135 Mike Bryan (R) watches as his brother and doubles partner Bob Bryan of the US (L) hits a return shot to Nicholas Monroe and Austin Krajicek of the US in their first round doubles match of the Memphis Open tennis championship at the Racquet Club of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, 09 February 2016. EPA/TANNEN MAURY |

The doubles entry list for the BNP Paribas Open was announced earlier this week. Among the pairings are huge-serving singles players Milos Raonic and John Isner. Additional “singles players” in the doubles lineup are Richard Gasquet and Benoit Paire, Roberto Bautista Agut and Viktor Troicki, Dominic Thiem and Philipp Kohlschreiber, and Grigor Dimitrov (with veteran doubles specialist Max Mirnyi).

Year in and year out, the Indian Wells Masters consistently boasts the most unique and intriguing doubles draw of the entire season. The 2016 field is already a strong one and undoubtedly will only get better and better when wild cards are revealed and on-sight signups take place.

Although Raonic and Isner are arguably the two best servers on tour, it would not be wise to go ahead and pencil them in for the title without ever getting broken. Isner has achieved plenty of doubles success during his career with fellow big man Sam Querrey, but the 6’10” American once teamed up with 6’11” Croat Ivo Karlovic and the first-time pairing did not end well. At the 2008 Australian Open, Isner and Karlovic dropped their opening match 7-6(3), 6-3 to Agustin Calleri and Juan Pablo Brzezicki.

Indian Wells list:

DIRECT ENTRY

1. Rojer/Tecau

2. Dodig/Melo

3. Bryan/Bryan

4. Murray/Soares

5. Bopanna/Mergea

6. Isner/Raonic

7. Gasquet/Paire

8. Pospisil/Sock

9. Herbert/Mahut

10. Roger-Vasselin/Zimonjic