LiontipsDaniil Medvedev vs Tomas Machac. Prediction and Betting Tips for Indian Wells Masters (March 12, 2022).
Command Analysis
This is the first appearance of Daniil Medvedev as the World №1. He got quite an easy draw, at least until the semifinals, where he can have his third meeting with Rafael Nadal in 2022.
Earlier this year, Medvedev lost to Nadal in five sets in the final of the Australian Open, and then yielded again in the semifinals in Acapulco at the end of February.
Tomas Machac has already won a trophy this year. At the beginning of 2022, he celebrated success over Bjorn Fratangelo in the final of the Traralgon Challenger (7-6, 6-3).
At the current tournament, Machac beat Radu Albot (6-4, 7-5) and Ilya Marchenko (5-7, 6-3, 6-3) in the qualifiers, and then defeated Alexei Popyrin in the first round of the main draw (6-3, 7-5).
Trends
СтавкаTie-break - no
Medvedev has played only 1 tie-break in the last 5 matches.
Ставка1st set: total under 9.5 games
In 3 of Machac's last 5 matches, no more than 9 games were played in the first set.
Tip and bets
Medvedev is very confident on hard courts and in his previous tournament in Acapulco he didn't drop a set until he met with Nadal. We believe that the Russian will close his opponent in two straight sets.
Our prediction - total under 20 games
Medvedev is the strong favourite. We expect the new World №1 to start his campaign with a landslide victory.
Second bet - handicap (-5.5) to Medvedev
