BNP Paribas Open: Pair of American matchups highlight Wednesday order of play

A pair of top 50 American men will face off inside Stadium 1 to kick off Day 3 of the 2023 BNP Paribas Open.

John Isner, who ranks 39th, and Brandon Nakashima, who is ranked 48th, will square off in a matchup of the future of American men's tennis versus its past. Isner, 37, has been the top American player in the men's game for several years and Nakashima, a 21-year-old San Diego native, is among America's brightest young stars.

The two will be Wednesday's second match on Stadium Court. In the third match, two American women will provide another intriguing matchup. Shelby Rogers, 30, will face Katie Volynets, 21, in a similar showdown between an established American star and an up-and-comer. Rogers is ranked 41st and Volynets, a Walnut Creek native, is ranked 74th.

Here is Wednesday's full order of play:

Stadium 1

11 a.m.: Marcos Giron vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

Followed by: John Isner vs. Brandon Nakashima

Followed by: Katie Volynets vs. Shelby Rogers

Not before 6 p.m.: Jordan Thompson vs. Gael Monfils

Followed by: Anna Kalinskaya vs. Alycia Parks

Stadium 2

11 a.m.: Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Kaia Kanepi

Followed by: Xinyu Wang vs. Elise Mertens

Not before 2 p.m.: Yibing Wu vs. Jaume Munar

Not before 6 p.m.: Elizabeth Mandlik vs. Alison Riske-Amritraj

Followed by: Alexander Bublik vs. Tung-Lin Wu

Stadium 3

Starts at 11 a.m.: Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Ugo Humbert

Followed by: Mayar Sherif vs. Linda Fruhvirtova

Followed by: Arantxa Rus vs. Camila Giorgi

Not before 5 p.m.: Diego Schwartzman vs. Federico Coria

Followed by: Alejandro Tabilo vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Stadium 4

Starts at 11 a.m.: Linda Noskova vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

Followed by: Jason Kubler vs. Lorenzo Sonego

Followed by: Jiri Lehecka vs. Arthur Rinderknech

Not before 5 p.m.: Rebecca Peterson vs. Marta Kostyuk

Followed by: Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jil Teichmann

Stadium 5

Starts at 11 a.m.: Ilya Ivashka vs. Roman Safiullin

Followed by: Pedro Cachin vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

Followed by: Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Taro Daniel

Stadium 6

Starts at 11 a.m.: Ann Li vs. Anna Blinkova

Followed by: Dayana Yastremska vs. Anna Bondar

Followed by: Olga Danilovic vs. Xiyu Wang

Stadium 7

Starts at 11 a.m.: Laslo Djere vs. Oscar Otte

Followed by: Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Constant Lestienne

Followed by: Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Cristian Garin

Stadium 8

Starts at 11 a.m.: Evgeniya Rodina vs. Alizé Cornet

Followed by: Katie Swan vs. Cristina Bucsa

Followed by: Lesia Tsurenko vs. Lin Zhu

Andrew John covers the BNP Paribas Open for The Desert Sun and the USA TODAY Network. Email him at andrew.john@desertsun.com.

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