Indian Wells 10th March Predictions: Swiatek v Noskova and Tiafoe v Tsitsipas

by Stefan Jonsson March 10, 2024

written by Stefan Jonsson March 10, 2024

Sunday, day 5, offer some decent Indian Wells Masters clashes in both the men and women’s event. Top names Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz should manage their games (against Struff and Auger-Aliassime) without too much problems.

Today we’re looking closer at an interesting match between 11th ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas and Frances Tiafoe as well as no 1 ranked Iga Swiatek possible revenge against Linda Noskova.

Frances Tiafoe vs Stefanos Tsitsipas

The odds are heavily favouring Stefanos Tsitsipas here and we think it’s possibly a bit too much. The experienced Greek reached this round by beating 273-ranked Lucas Pouille (6-3, 6-2) on Friday. He’s been slightly off his game recently and manage to fall out of the top-10 rankings.

Frances Tiafoe won their most recent match at the Laver Cup in 2022. However, the American has not exactly hit top form either as of late. He comes off a decent win vs Lajovic and is hoping for back-to-back wins, something he just managed twice this season.

Prediction: Tiafoe should make a real battle of this against a generally slightly stronger opponent. We found the best value in this market.

Over 22.5 Total Games – Odds 1.90 | 10/11 | -110

Iga Swiatek vs Linda Noskova

This should be an exciting encounter for many reasons. Top seed Iga Swiatek comes into this match following a victory at the WTA 1000 tournament in Doha and is of course the big favourite among the bookies for this one.

Now she’s facing Linda Noskova and is out after revenge following the shock defeat in the Australian Open. The 19-year-old took down the world no 1 with an impressive display and she sort of dominated the last two sets.

Swiatek has looked strong following the defeat though and is 8-1 in matches since.

Prediction: Swiatek is the betting sites favorite for a reason here and we believe these slightly slower hard-courts will be kinder to the Pole’s game. We’ll bet for a top performance of the four-time Grand Slam champion and she will take this in 2 sets.