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What a day of upsets yesterday first with Aryna Sabalenka then with Taylor Fritz.
Both bowing out at the Indian Wells Masters.
Holger Rune winning against the home country favorite at the tournament wasn't looking like it would happen after going down in the first set 6-2. Prematch the dane was 2.49x so the bookmakers knew the young player was in poor form going into this match.
Fritz was just one match point away in the second set of taking the set and the match. But then perseverance took over once Rune knew he had him in the tiebreaker for set two. Winning it 7-2.
Unbelievable comeback and the momentum was certainly in his favor going into the final frame. Winning 6-3 in set three.
Had an all-in and definitely thought I had lost it after the first set but some how Holger found his groove and is to face Medvedev in the quarter-finals.

Wow thats some statistic. Sinner in Indian Wells is IMO in the tough side of the draw, he is
edging closer to a possible match up with Alcaraz.

@serveria.com @Strongkored - yes I just heard that Navarro beat Sabalenka, thats a massive
win and upset by the home player.

She has a tough match up against Sakkari in the quarter final.

The other 3 quarters are:

Potapova v Kostyuk - I wouldnt have a clue what way that is going to go
Swiatek v Wozniacki - I think it will be a tough ask for the surprising Dane to beat the top seed
Yuan v Gauff - Brilliant to see Coco doing so well and she is favourite again.

A bit surprised nobody mentioned Aryna Sabalenka losing to Emma Navarro of the US yesterday which was kind of shocking. I watched the match and I should say it was one of the worst matches performance-wise for world #2 this year and probably also last year. Navarro did well and she is a new face on tour so perhaps that also helped her a bit. Those angles were super-cool, that ace from the 2nd serve for example!

P.S. Sorry strongkored, I missed your post, you beat me to it!  

Quarter-final:
Jiří Lehečka vs Jannik Sinner, Lehečka is a good player but I don't think there will be any surprises and Sinner will still continue his winning streak, and advance to the semifinal
Alexander Zverev vs Carlos Alcaraz, this is quite difficult to predict even though Alcaraz is the favorite but Zverev managed to beat him twice in a row and will have a way to repeat his victory.
Tommy Paul vs Casper Ruud, this is also quite difficult to predict but Ruud has a better chance of making it to the semifinals
Daniil Medvedev vs Holger Rune, Medvedev will always be tough on hardcourt and Rune will have quite a hard time getting to the semifinals, my prediction is that Medvedev will go to the semifinals to face Ruud if he succeeds in beating the only remaining USA player in the men's section.

And today's surprise was that Aryna Sabalenka was eliminated by American tennis player Emma Navarro in a three-set match, it seems that after winning the Australian Open Sabalenka was still unable to perform well to get a better place in this big tournament, and Sabalenka elimination will make it quite easy for Swiatek to become champion here unless Wozniacki was able to beat her in the quarterfinals later.
Chinese player Yue Yuan is still unbeaten after winning the ATX Open, she is not the favorite when she faces Gauff in quarter final but her game is good enough to give the American a surprise.

15-0 this year, Jannik Sinner after beating Ben Shelton at the Indian Wells, is the only 2nd U23 player in the open era to go consecutive 15 ATP match wins. Only other player to do so(U23) was Stefan Edberg in 1987.

...and Marozsan v Alcaraz - 4 super line up's - with Djokovic out Alcaraz and Sinner will be looking to get
as many points as possible from the remainder of this tournament.

Lehecka v Tsitsipas is on now - Lehecka is 5-1 in the first set !! odds ATM are 1.4 to 2.95

Zverev v de Minaur -  this could be a super match, odds are very similar and both are playing improved
Tennis.

Sinner v Shelton - I wont get to see this, its too late here. Shelton can be tricky but Jannik should come
through this match.

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Staying on an Italian Theme, Jasmine Paolini is playing really well lately and is playing Potapova ATM on serve.

I was dissapointed that Osaka bowed out yesterday at the hands of Mertens.

Some crazy sh*t, guys. Nardi beating Djokovic is certainly upset of the year (so far)! Wasn't expecting this to be honest (who did haha?). Betting on Nardi in this match could have made you rich!  

Today we can feast our eyes on the following matches:

Lehecka v Tsitsipas
Zverev v de Minaur
Sinner v Shelton

It's gonna be fun!

Yeah, that's what happens when you're too defensive and give your opponent the whole court to use against you.
Doković struggled even in the round before - against Vukic.

Tommy Paul will fancy his chances now, I can see him getting to the final. The lower part of the draw is more interesting anyway, Sinner is my pick ahead of Alcaraz.

the Italian player's winning odd was ... @19 !!! practically no one expected such a result.
even worse is betting these events live. It's really difficult to bet against a super favorite like Nole.

Italian tennis is still in great shape. I don't think there have ever been so many players at high levels in the past years.

@aoluain
it was to late but it was better , because in such case it's really hard to not bet on Djokovic....

WOW, and this from a lucky loser! I hope bitbollo was watching this ^{but I think it was on too late}

I just watched the highlights based on this news and Nardi looked like a top10 player, all his shots
in the first and second sets anyway were brilliant.

This will certainly drive Alcaraz, Sinner and Medvedev on for sure, the outright favourite being beaten
leaves Sinner as the favourite @ 2.65 ^{great price!}

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Next match today is very interesting, Lehecka v Tsitsipas, offhand I would think Tsitsipas will be in
trouble here but in fairness he is playing well so far.

An upset that probably nobody predicted. Novak Djokovic loses to Lucas Nardi in three sets. It has become one of the top upsets at Indian Wells history with Nardi being rated 123rd in the world rankings. Here's a pic of the other major upsets at the event, in the past.

You did right by betting on Rune, he won in 2 sets. Musetti has not been playing very
well for the last while.

Medvedev should best Korda too, Korda is "hit or miss" for the last whole also, he is
unpredictable but I cant see him beating last years finalist. The odds on Medvedev are
not bad either.

Interesting match currently under way Paul v Humbert, the odds are 1.90 each. I have a
small bet on Humbert, he is playing great Tennis lately, hopefully he can keep it going...

Today there are some games that I'm thinking about betting on, even though I'm an amateur at tennis. Holger Rune will play against Lorenzo Musetti. rune is being seen as the favorite by the bookmakers and in my opinion it makes perfect sense, he is number 7 in the world and is in good physical shape, against Lorenzo Musetti who currently occupies position number 26 having in the past reached the position number 15 and this season according to what I read, Lorenzo Musetti played 11 games and won only 4 games, lost 7 games, while last year rune reached position number 4, this year at the beginning of the year to be more precise, rune reached the final of the ATP in Brisbane. That's why in my opinion rune will be victorious in this game and the odds value is very good, it's at 1.35 if rune manages to win

Another interesting game is Daniil Medvedev's game against Sebastian Korda, in that game I intend to bet on Medvedev to win the game, currently Medvedev occupies position number 4, and 2 years ago he managed to reach position number 1, this season he He hasn't managed to win any relevant tournament yet, but from what I saw in the news he reached the final of the Australian Open, which he lost to Jannik Sinner, while his opponent, Sebastian Korda, currently occupies position number 25 and the highest position he has reached until today was last year when he reached position number 23, he is 23 years old and throughout his career he has only won the ATP in Parma. In my opinion, Daniil Medvedev will win this game, the odds for Daniil Medvedev are 1.38 and I think that placing a multibet bet with Rune's game to win would be a good thing. I'm thinking about doing this

And Rublev loss the match! Lehecka is a player underrated, but in my opinion he expresses excellent tennis and it is only a matter of time to see his potential emerge.
Sinner confirms himself as a solid player. It's clear that he's not just interested in the number 2 position at this point...

It's very possible about the title but it's like something she won't be able to get anymore, especially in a big tournament like this, so it seems like her presence in this tournament is just about business for the tournament because it brings in more spectators, especially if she manages to survive longer.

The fourth round match which is quite interesting and I am looking forward to it is J. Sinner vs B. Shelton, last year they met twice with a score of 1-1 so this is quite difficult to predict even though Sinner is still the favorite seeing his performance which is still at his best, but Shelton has weapons to trouble Sinner who is undefeated this year, while Alcaraz will face Morozsan, a player who beat him last year and who also can stop Alcaraz from defending his title here, likewise, the Zverev vs De Minaur match will be quite difficult to predict.

I watched both matches, Alcaraz looked in great form, getting stronger for sure,
Felix AA had a poor enough match by his standards, disappointing really.

Sinner too looked really good, he is playing some seriously solid Tennis, he looked
fresh and really in control of the match from start to finish, I think anyone left in the
will fear playing him.

Currently playing its Rublev v Lehecka and Rublev is in trouble, lost the first set
and broken in the second already.

Sinner is the strong favourite of the match and probably there are no surprise against Struff. Let's see, match is going to start in matter of minutes.
Meanwhile it's just over Alcaraz again FAA. Easy win for the spaniard player... FAA far away to be a reliable opposite today

ATP Indian Wells its rounds of 64 and almost all the seeded players have made it through
apart from Davidovic Fokina²³ beaten by Fils and Hurkacz⁸ beaten by Monfils.

There are some very interesting Round of 32 matches starting today:

Tiafoe v Tsitsipas - hard to pick a winner

Bublik v de Minaur - de Minaur is favourite and is playing well, Bublik will want to have a top
performance to beat him

Felix AA v Alcaraz - this could be a great match, a chance perhaps for Felix to cause an upset,
he is playing very well while Alcaraz may not be in his top form yet although Alcaraz is favourite
at 1.19....

Struff v Sinner - I dont think there will be an upset here

Rublev v Lehecka - hard to pick a winner

yea I kinda understand that but there comes a time where it has to be de-moralising
to be less and less competitive and not being able to meet the same standards you
one had.

I think Federer did it very well, he could see his Tennis career finished.

Murray cant see it

and I think this year will be a decider for Rafa, I cant see him doing what Murray
is doing, I imagine he would just pull the plug similar to what Roger did.

Venus should pull the plug, its such an effort to show up at a tournament, spend time
getting used to the weather and courts and then to get beaten in a first or second round.

@aoluain, just the pleasure of playing and being in the spotlight? It is a similar situation for Murray, he can win 1-2-3 rounds but after that his body can’t handle it anymore. Sometimes you just need to call it a day, that is what Federer also did.