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OFFICIAL RETURN: NOVAK DJOKOVIC CONFIRMED FOR INDIAN WELLS 2026; TOURNAMENT STARTS THIS MARCH
Novak Djokovic is heading back to Indian Wells: Discover the latest on his 2026 schedule, fatigue updates, and his hunt for a 6th title.
Novak Djokovic is heading back to Indian Wells this year. The tournament organisers just made it official on social media, calling it a return to “Tennis Paradise". It’s been a quiet season for Djokovic so far. He’s only played the Australian Open, where he made it to the final but lost to Carlos Alcaraz in four sets. He was supposed to play the Adelaide International before that, but pulled out, saying he wasn’t physically ready. He also skipped this week’s Qatar Open, blaming strong fatigue.
Djokovic isn’t playing any tournaments in the last week of February, but come March, he’ll be back for the Sunshine Double, starting at Indian Wells. The organisers sounded pretty excited, posting on Instagram: “A legend returns. 20 years after his debut here, Novak Djokovic is coming back to Tennis Paradise!”
This tournament is a familiar stop for Djokovic. He’s won it five times, but the last couple of years have been rough. In 2025, he lost in the second round to Botic van de Zandschulp. The year before, Luca Nardi knocked him out in the third round. Before that, he skipped three straight Indian Wells events for various reasons, and let’s not forget, the 2020 edition got cancelled because of the pandemic.
You have to go back to 2016 for the last time Djokovic really made a deep run here; he won his fifth title that year, beating Milos Raonic in the final. He also took the trophy in 2015, 2014, 2011, and 2008.
This year’s Indian Wells field looks stacked. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are expected to be the top seeds, with Djokovic likely taking the third spot. After them, you’ve got names like Alexander Zverev, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Ben Shelton, and Alexander Bublik.
Djokovic hasn’t said exactly what his schedule looks like for the rest of the year, but he’s expected to play the Miami Open next, a tournament he’s won six times. He returned to Miami last year after five years away. After that, all eyes shift to the clay-court season, starting with the Monte Carlo Masters.
9-0 STREAK: ANALYZING CARLOS ALCARAZ’S PERFECT START TO THE 2026 TENNIS SEASON
Alcaraz hits 9-0: Discover why Valentin Royer warned Alcaraz and Sinner after their 2026 clash and the latest ATP rankings.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner just got a playful warning from their ATP rival, Valentin Royer.
Alcaraz, with seven Grand Slam titles, and Sinner, who has four, have completely owned men’s tennis for the last couple of years. They’ve split the last nine majors; each grabbed four ATP Masters 1000 trophies; and keep swapping the No. 1 spot in the ATP Rankings.
No one else has really kept up. Novak Djokovic is still hanging around, but the rest of the guys, like Alexander Zverev, Lorenzo Musetti, Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Ben Shelton, are all chasing from behind.
Alcaraz is rolling right now. He’s unbeaten in 2026 so far, standing at 9-0. After winning his first Australian Open title, he followed up with wins over Arthur Rinderknech and Royer.
After Alcaraz beat Royer 6-2, 7-5, the two shared a light moment at the net. Royer, currently world No. 60, told Alcaraz, “I’ll come for you and Jannik, don’t worry. Some day.” Alcaraz laughed and said, “I will wait for you, man.”
Royer actually had a shot in the second set. He broke Alcaraz’s serve early and was up 5-3, serving for the set, but Alcaraz broke back, held serve, and broke again to close out the match.
Asked if he was nervous, Alcaraz admitted, “Honestly, I had to be ready for anything. There were moments when I thought about a third set; I’m not going to lie. But that was just a small part of my mind. Mostly, I was focused on finding solutions, figuring out how to get back on track.
“I’m really happy I found my rhythm again and played good tennis. Sometimes it just comes down to one point. Closing out a set or a match isn’t always easy. I just had to stay in it, and I’m glad I turned it around and got the win in straight sets.”
Next, he faces seventh seed Karen Khachanov in the quarterfinals. If he gets through, he’ll meet either Andrey Rublev or Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semis. Sinner is the likely opponent waiting in the final.
“Everybody expects us to play every final, every tournament, but that’s not easy. There are a lot of players out here who want to beat us,” Alcaraz said about a possible final against Sinner.
FAMILY FEUD: IGA SWIATEK’S FATHER SLAMS CRITICS: "YOU DON'T KNOW S***, MIND YOUR BUSINESS
Iga Swiatek's father, Tomasz, fires back at critics of psychologist Daria Abramowicz. Discover why he told podcasters to "mind their business."
Iga Swiatek’s dad isn’t happy with some recent criticism from her old coach and a Polish journalist; they questioned what her psychologist, Daria Abramowicz, really brings to the table.
Swiatek has swapped coaches a few times, but Abramowicz has stuck around for seven years. She’s been there through all six Grand Slam wins and is one of the few constants on Iga’s team.
Abramowicz started working with Swiatek back in 2019. Iga was just 17, still a new face on the tour. A year later, she exploded onto the scene by winning the French Open at 19. Since then, she’s grabbed four more Grand Slam titles, including a rare Surface Slam, and climbed to world No. 1, working with coaches like Piotr Sierzputowski, Tomasz Wiktorowski, and now Wim Fissette. Whenever Iga switched coaches (she left Sierzputowski in 2021 and Wiktorowski in 2024), Abramowicz always stayed.
Lately, though, people have started to wonder if Abramowicz is too involved. Back in 2025, sports psychologist Dariusz Nowicki said their partnership blurred boundaries and called it "disturbed". Both Abramowicz and Swiatek fired back, but after some recent struggles on tour, the questions have popped up again.
On a recent episode of the “Trzeci Serwis” podcast, one of Iga’s old youth coaches, Artur Sostaczko, talked with Lechem Sidorem about her form, both her tennis and her mindset.
Sostaczko said, “I’ve never seen another player spend day and night with a psychologist. They go on vacations together, watch movies, and hang out all the time. But hey, if it works for Iga, I’m not going to tell her to stop.
“People need to get that I can have my opinion or be a bit surprised, but honestly, if it’s working for someone who’s been No. 1 in the world and has six Grand Slams, what advice do we even have for her?”
Sidorem pushed back: “Let me push back a bit. Watching her at the Australian Open and in Doha, it didn’t look like Daria was helping much. Iga looked nervous, like she didn’t have any coping tools. No cues, no sign language, nothing. People are starting to question this whole setup.”
Sostaczko agreed. “You’re right, something’s not clicking again. Maybe during the off-season, they should just take a break from each other for a week. Give it some space.”
The podcast went up on YouTube, and Tomasz Swiatek, Iga’s dad and a former Olympic rower who often travels with her and Abramowicz, didn’t hold back. He jumped into the comments and wrote, “What have you both achieved? Almost nothing. Mind your own business. You don’t know shit; you sleep on your feet.”
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