Miomir Kecmanovic vs Taylor Fritz Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Indian Wells

Prediction published on 17/03/2022, 15:03  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 17/03/2022 at 16:04 in ATP Indian Wells Predictions

20th seeded Taylor Fritz is up against unseeded Miomir Kecmanovic in the Indian Wells quarter final. The winner of this match will face either Andrey Rublev or Grigor Dimitrov in the last four. Fritz is world ranked 20th but began the year in 23rd, Last month saw him reach a career high 16th and can regain that position if winning this match. Fritz began the year well with victories over Felix Auger-Aliassime and Cameron Norrie in the ATP Cup. That good form continued with a run to the last 16 of the Australian Open, beating Roberto Bautista Agut, before losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas after leading two sets to one. His best performance since then was a quarter final in Dallas. Fritz is looking to reach the semi-finals of this tournament for the second year in a row. He's so far had victories over Kamil Majchrzak, Jaume Munar (in three sets) and  29th seeded Alex de Minaur, after losing the first set.

Miomir Kecmanovic is the world number 61 but up to 48th in the live rankings. A win over Fritz will take him into the top 40, just below his career highest 38th. The Serb reached the last 16 of this year's Australian Open with wins over Tommy Paul and Lorenzo Sonego. Look out for Kecmanovic in the upcoming European clay court season. He's already had success on that surface this year with quarter finals in Rio de Janiero and Santiago. He is strong on other surfaces though and this is his second Indian Wells quarter final in three years. Wins this year have come against Liam Broady (in three sets), Marin Cilic (after losing the first set), Botic van de Zandschlup and then a three set win over sixth seeded Matteo Berrettini. There's been two previous meetings between these players, with Fritz winning on both occasions. Back Fritz to get the win here, have a side bet on it taking him three sets to do so.