Daniil Medvedev vs Filip Krajinovic: A confident revenge for Daniil?

In the last 32 of the Indian Wells tennis tournament, world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev will face world No. 34 Filip Krajinovic. The guys have played each other twice. So far, the score is 1-1, with Krajnovic winning his match against Medvedev just in Indian Wells.

After winning the US Open, Medvedev played one match at the RiverCap, beating the Canadian Shapovalov in two games. World number two Indian Wells confidently defeated McDonald, the 57th ranked ATP player. That match lasted one hour and 13 minutes, with Medvedev serving four times and two double faults, winning 82% of his first serve points and 59% of his second serve points.

Last year before the pandemic, I played fantastically. At first, I had a bad stretch of the season, but I prepared well for the tournament in Indian Wells and just tore it up in practice. Then the tournament got cancelled, and I got upset because I thought this could have been my year at Indian Wells. We’ll see what happens this year. I’ve played well in training this season, but that doesn’t determine who takes the title at all. Right now, I feel great, and I am very confident.

Daniil Medvedev before the start of Indian Wells

Since the US Open, Krejinovic has played two tournaments on another continent. First, the Serb fell in Nur-Sultan, losing in the first round to Duckworth in two sets. Then there was the more successful Sofia and reaching the semi-finals of the Bulgarian competition, where the Balkan lost to Italian Sinner in two sets. At the Indian Wells tournament, Krajinovic has played one match before against American Giron, the 59th-ranked player in the world. It was a tightly fought encounter that lasted almost two hours, and the Serb won 7-6, 7-5.

Daniil himself says that he is in great form now. There is no doubt that the Russian remembers the defeat against Krajinovic in 2019 and will do everything possible to make the most confident revenge. Filip beat Giron with great difficulty in the first round. There is little belief that the Balkan is now able to put up a fight against No. 2. Here are the odds for this match: Handicap 1 (-5.5) for 1.80, Individual Total 2 Under (7) for 1.87.