 Next, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open, where Berankis got a Wild card to his first main draw of a Masters tournament.In the first round, after losing the first set, he defeated Alex Bogomolov, Jr.. Berankis had to retire in the next round against Fernando Verdasco because of a back problem.This problem started after Berankis skipped post-match procedures and rushed from the Davis cup match to the airport for 36 hours trip from Tallinn to Indian Wells.