USA’s Frances Tiafoe will take on fellow countryman Brandon Nakashima in the second round of the 2022 ATP Indian Wells Masters on Sunday, March 13. Get the live streaming options of this Frances Tiafoe v Brandon Nakashima match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Frances Tiafoe v Brandon Nakashima Head to Head
This will be the third meeting between these two players, with Tiafoe currently leading the H2H 2-0. Their last match-up occurred last year in Acapulco where Taifoe narrowly won 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5) to extend their H2H.
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Tiafoe Has Just One Win in 2022 So Far
Tiafoe arrives in Indian Wells as the 28th seed, playing his first event since the Australian Open where he reached the second round losing to Fritz in straight sets in the round-of-64 after defeating Trungelliti in a 5-set battle in round one.
His win against Trungelliti is his only win of the 2022 season to date after losing in the opening round of Adelaide to Kokkankis in 3-sets and Adelaide 2 to Paul in straight sets.
Tiafoe knows what it takes to defeat Nakashima having already done so twice in his career however, both encounters have been incredibly close battles and the lack of match practice could cost him and result in Tiafoe suffering his first defeat to his compatriot. However, if Tiafoe can go 3 for 3 against Nakashima, Rublev or Koepfer awaits in the 3rd round.
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Nakashima Posts Win Over Mannarino in Round One
Nakashima booked his spot in the second round by defeating Mannarino 6-2 7-6(4) to set up a third clash with Tiafoe. During the encounter, Nakashima hit 4 aces and won 84% of points behind the first serve, compared to 66% for Mannarino, a key difference.
Nakashima was able to win 43% of return points and put pressure on the Mannarino serve, creating 8 breakpoints where he converted on 4 occasions. Winning 55% of points, the American was too hot to handle for Mannarino and advanced to the next round.
Nakashima will aim to win consecutive matches for the first time since Sydney where he reached the quarterfinals of the event defeating Vesely and Fognini, before losing out to Opelka in the last-8. Since then, the American has failed to make it past the second round of an event.
Tiafoe v Nakashima Prediction and Tip
Based upon the fact their last meeting went to a third-set tiebreak it is very difficult to predict which way this match is going to go with very little between the two players.
Purely based upon current form, I think Nakashima is the slight favourite to post his first win over Tiafoe and get his first win over the American. There is a high chance this will be another 3-set long match between these two.
Tip: Nakashima to win: 8/11 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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The 2022 ATP Indian Wells Open will be played from March 9 to 21. You can watch & bet on these matches here. Get your latest premium tennis predictions here.
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