Indian Wells, Luca Nardi’s masterpiece: eliminates Novak Djokovic

Number 123 in the world, the Marchesan has performed a miracle

One of the most incredible feats in tennis history. Nardi, who entered the Indian Wells men’s draw as a lucky loser, è managed to beat, in the third round of the tournament, Djokovic, one of the favorites for the final victory and winner in Indian Wells five times. L'azzurro è imposed himself in three sets: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 the partials of the match. A Martian performance by the 20-year-old from Marche.

World number 123, Nardi becomes the tennis player with the lowest ranking in the ATP rankings to have beaten the Serb who, for his part, had not lost a match in a Masters 1000 against a player outside the Top 50 since as far back as 2018 when it was Daniel, then number 109 in the world, who had pulled off the miracle. Now there è succeeded Nardi who is living a real fairy tale in Indian Wells.

Reentering the main draw as a lucky loser, he overcame China’s Zhang and, now, has performed a sports miracle by managing to eliminate Djokovic. The dream may even continue. In the round of 16, he will face U.S. Paul, No. 17 on the scoreboard. However it turns out, the 20-year-old Nardi è already in history. Italian tennis has a new hero.