Indian Wells 2021 - Saturday's order of play sees Daniil Medvedev, Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie among those in action

ByEurosport

Updated 09/10/2021 at 00:53 GMT

The order of play for Saturday, October 9 at Indian Wells, the prestigious event often billed as the 'fifth Grand Slam', with US Open champion Daniil Medvedev in action as well as Great Britain's Dan Evans and Cameron Norrie. In the women's draw, Bianca Andreescu, Cori Gauff, Angie Kerber and Garbine Muguruza also feature.

Daniil Medvedev of Russia celebrates against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada during their Men’s Single semifinal match on Day Twelve of the 2021 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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The order of play for Saturday, October 9 at Indian Wells, the prestigious event often billed as the 'fifth Grand Slam', sees US Open men's champion Daniil Medvedev headlining Day 6 when he takes on American Mackenzie McDonald in the late session. The Russian is followed in Stadium 1 by Canada's Bianca Andreescu who takes on the USA's Alison Riske.

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Number 21 seed Cameron Norrie will aim to continue his fine 2021 form when he locks horns with American Tennys Sandgren. The 26-year-old is currently in 14th place in the race to Turin and will be hoping to bolster his bid to make the men's season finale with a good run in the desert. The British No.2 reached his fifth ATP Tour final in San Diego last week and has lofty ambitions of taking his game to another level in the months and years ahead.

Speaking on the eve of his clash with Sandgren, he said:

Being British number one is not the goal. I am more focussed on getting to number one in the world. That is my dream. Of course I would love to play a Wimbledon final, but I just want to get that number one spot. I believe I can do it, there are areas of my game I would like to improve."

Match of the day

Meanwhile, current British No.1 Dan Evans meets Japan's Kei Nishikori in what is an eye-catching round two affair.

Nishikori leads the match-up 3-1 and has triumphed in their last three encounters, including a 6-3 6-4 victory at Indian Wells back in 2017. It's also worth keeping tabs on Cori Gauff's showdown with Caroline Garcia and the all-American match between Frances Tiafoe and Sebastian Korda.