Maybe it was the fact that only two of the Top 8 seeds on the women’s side made it to the quarterfinals. Or perhaps it was five-time champion Novak Djokovic getting knocked out in the third round by lucky loser Luca Nardi in the third round in a history-making upset.
Whatever the case, there was clearly something in the air at what many consider the “fifth Grand Slam,” the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., that made it one wild event this year.
