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		</div><p>World number one Novak Djokovic has been dumped out of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells by lucky loser Luca Nardi.</p>
<p>Nardi, 20, booked a last-16 meeting with American Tommy Paul as he won 6-4 3-6 6-3.</p>
<p>Currently 123 in the world, the Italian is the lowest-ranked player to beat Djokovic at ATP Masters 1000 or Grand Slam level.</p>
<p>“I don’t know [how I held my nerve],” he said. “I think it is a miracle, because I am a 20-year-old guy, 100 in the world, and beating Novak. It’s crazy.”</p>
<p>Sealing his victory with his sixth ace, Nardi hit 16 winners in the final set against just two from the five-times Indian Wells champion.</p>
<p>“It’s fine. You know, it’s part of the sport,” said Djokovic. “You just have to accept it. Some you win; some you lose. Hopefully I’ll win some more and still keep going.</p>
<p>“I guess every trophy that eventually comes my way is going to be great, obviously to break the kind of negative cycle a little bit I’m having in the last three, four tournaments where I haven’t really been close to my best.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_181695" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-181695" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/B6796A32-0778-40E9-AC5F-B88A1E41458A.webp" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-181695" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-181695" class="wp-caption-text">Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, returns a shot against Luca Nard</figcaption></figure>
<p>Paul reached the last 16 with a 6-4 6-4 win over France’s Ugo Humbert while seventh seed Holger Rune, ninth seed Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz and Grigor Dimitrov all moved through in straight sets.</p>
<p>Dimitrov will play fourth seed Daniil Medvedev, who needed three sets to beat Sebastian Korda 6-4 5-7 6-3.</p>
<p>But British number one Cameron Norrie went out after a dramatic 6-7 (5) 7-6 (5) 6-3 defeat to French veteran Gael Monfils.</p>
<p>Norrie led by a set and 3-0 before falling victim to a stirring comeback from the 37-year-old.</p>
<p>Monfils clawed back to level in an extraordinary second set tie-break in which he won a point with an underarm serve before clinching the set at the end of a stunning 31-stroke rally.</p>
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