Tennis champion Novak Djokovic is practicing on the UCLA campus at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. Djokovic was practicing on campus on Wednesday ahead of the BNP Paribas Indian Wells Open, which begins on March 8 in the Palm Springs area.
This will be Djokovic’s return to the Indian Wells tournament in five years, for the first time since 2019. Since Djokovic chose not to get vaccinated for COVID-19, he was unable to attend several meets since the pandemic began, due to COVID-19 restrictions.
With the news of Djokovic on campus, plenty of UCLA students filed into the tennis stadium to watch Djokovic practice. The tennis stadium is a common walkway for students walking to and from campus to their dorms or apartments, so it’s not surprising to see that many discovered Djokovic was on campus and decided to watch.
Following his practice, fans even swarmed Djokovic on the UCLA tennis courts, hoping to snap a picture or get an autograph, via Jack Nelson of the Daily Bruin.
