Novak Djokovic vs Luca Nardi Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Indian Wells

Prediction published on 10/03/2024, 13:21  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 10/03/2024 at 14:21 in ATP Indian Wells Predictions

It's been a crazy week for Luca Nardi who meets top seed Novak Djokovic in the Indian Wells third round. He lost in the second qualifying round at Indian Wells but then received a reprieve as a lucky loser. That took him not into the first round of the main draw but the second after the withdrawal of Tomas Martin Etcheverry. The Italian took full advantage and beat Zhihzen Zhang in three sets, dropping the middle one. He was ranked 123rd at the start of this outdoor hard court Masters 1000 tournament. He's now up to 106th in the live rankings which equals his career high. Before this tournament he hadn't beaten a player ranked in the top 200 and failed to qualify for an ATP Tour main draw. On the Challenger Tour his best performance has been getting to one final.

Novak Djokovic has won this title five times but his last triumph was in 2019. He's only played two tournaments before this week, winning seven of his nine matches. He won two of his three matches in the United Cup team tournament with his loss being inflicted by Alex de Minaur. His only singles tournament has been the Australian Open where he lost in the last four to eventual winner Jannik Sinner. So far in Indian Wells he's beaten unseeded Aleksandar Vukic but did drop the second set. We go for over 17.5 games to be played in this match.