If British Olympian Emma Raducanu can defeat Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima in the first round, then world number three Coco Gauff will face her in Indian Wells’ second round.
On Wednesday, the opening day of the competition, Raducanu will face world no. 52 Uchijima.
The British number two will play its first tournament since last week’s stalking incident at the Dubai Tennis Championships.
The former US Open champion was shaken after a man “exhibited fixated behavior” during her second-round performance.
According to Dubai Police, the man was later detained and given a restraining order.
Following the incident, Raducanu had been considering whether to attend the hard-court competition in the United States.
Nick Kyrgios, an Australian, might be Novak Djokovic’s opponent in the second-round of the men’s draw.
In a repeat of their Australian Open quarter-final, the 24-time Grand Slam champion is scheduled to face Carlos Alcaraz in the final eight.
Katie Boulter, the British number one, will face Ann Li or Irina-Camelia Begu from Romania in the second round.
Cameron Norrie faces Luca Nardi in the men’s draw, while Jacob Fearnley will face 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca, who won the Argentina Open last month.
The winner of that contest will face British No. 1 Jack Draper, who received a first-round bye.
The world’s best men and women compete in a combined ATP/WTA event over the course of two fortnightlies, making it one of the biggest tournaments of the season outside of the four Grand Slams.
Sonay Kartal, the third-ranked British woman, fell to American teenager Clervie Ngounoue in the second round of qualifying, falling 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.
Billy Harris, the British men’s number four, lost to Michael Mmoh, the American, 6-3, 6-2 in his first-round qualifier.
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Source: BBC
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