The BNP Paribas Open 4th round takes place this Wednesday with Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer fighting for a place in the quarter-finals. Bookmakers Review breaks down the fixture below and lists the best available odds from green listed bookmakers.
Nadal vs. Federer
The high bouncing conditions in the Californian desert clearly suit Rafael Nadal’s game style with the Spaniard holding a phenomenal 51 – 9 career record on this event. The three-time champion didn’t experience any major problems in the previous round against Fernando Verdasco, dismissing his fellow countryman by 6 – 3 7 – 5. Taking a look now at Nadal’s numbers on that contest, the highlight clearly goes to his consistency with the Spaniard ending the match with 22 winners and only 17 unforced errors.
Playing in Indian Wells brings great memories to Roger Federer with the 2017 Australian Open champion looking for his 5th title on this competition. As usual, Federer’s serve has been the key to his success with the Swiss not facing a single break point in the two previous rounds against Stephane Robert and Steve Johnson. On the other hand, Roger only won 65.22% of the points played at the net in the 3rd round against Johnson, which is not a good indicator for the match against Nadal.
These two players feature one of the greatest rivalries in tennis history with Nadal leading on the h2h by 23 – 12.
Despite Federer’s recent victory over Nadal in the Australian Open final, the Spaniard is a terrible match-up for Federer. Adding to this, the high bouncing conditions in Indian Wells clearly benefit Rafael on this contest. With this in mind, Nadal is definitely the right play with Pinnacle offering 19/25 for his victory while Federer is available at 6/5 at Bet365.
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