Diego Schwartzman vs Dan Evans
11th October from 1500hrs
Tennis – USA – Indian Wells 2021
Pick Draw
Bookmaker Unibet
Odds: 4/5* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021)
Britain’s Dan Evans has a tough match on his hands in the Second Round of action at Indian Wells on Monday.
He lines up against Diego Schwartzman for a place in the Third Round.
But after taking a great win over Kei Nishikori to open with, Evans should rightly carry some confidence forward.
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Diego Schwartzman Preview – Schwartzman a threat
Ranked in the Top 15 in the world, Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman is the odds-on favourite in this match.
This is the Second Round of action at Indian Wells as Schwartzman really looks to get some momentum going.
Schwartzman opened his account at Indian Wells with a 2-1 win over Maxime Cressy, a player ranked 145th in the world.
He should get a much sterner challenge from Evans on Monday.
In the match outright for tennis betting, Schwartzman is 4/7 odds-on* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
He has won three of his last four matches on the hard surface.
But looking back at his form in the North American swing of the ATP season, it hasn’t been that special.
Only in one of his four tournaments on the North American swing has Schwartzman managed to win more than two matches at a tournament.
That was when he reached the Fourth Round of the US Open.
So there have been some vulnerabilities from him there on this interesting surface.
In three of his last five matches, Schwartzman has dropped at least one set.
A Schwartzman 2-1 set betting option for tennis betting is at 3/1* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
This will be the second time that he has stood across the net from Evans.
The first was back in August when Schwartzman took a 2-1 win.
Dan Evans Preview – Can Evans turn the tables?
Back at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in August, Evans went down 2-1 against Schwartzman.
Evans had done well to get back in the match after dropping the first set.
It was a fairly close match after that opening set of the contest.
But it was ultimately a defeat for Evans who is the 11/8 underdog for this one* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
In this first round of Indian Wells this year, Evans received a really tough draw.
He was up against Kei Nishikori who has had a good resurgence during the year.
Evans showed a lot of character to come through that challenge, after having dropped the first set.
That was no easy match and it could have given the Brit a nice boost of confidence.
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Dan Evans has won 5 of his last 7 matches on the hard surface now and one of the defeats in that sequence was an excusable one.
That was against Daniil Medvedev in the Fourth Round of the US Open, the Russian going on to win the Slam.
At the start of the month, Evans was in San Diego, where he fell to fellow Brit Cameron Norrie in the second round.
This is another big, tough challenge for Evans, but he does have the ability to stick in there and scrap.
So the Over 21.5 Total Games option for tennis betting looks the way to go for this at 4/5* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
Diego Schwartzman vs Dan Evans Betting Advice
We think that this is going to be tighter than the match outright suggests and that’s because Evans is more than capable of taking a set here.
He did so in defeat when he met Diego Schwartzman recently in Cincinnati and we expect things to go much the same way.
The Schwartzman 2-1 set betting option at 3/1 is our main pick* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
Key Facts – Diego Schwartzman vs Dan Evans Betting Tip
- Diego Schwartzman beat Evans 2-1 in Cincinnati in August
- Diego Schwartzman has dropped a set in 3 of his last 5
- Dan Evans fought back to beat Kei Nishikori in the First Round
Evans showed a lot of heart and characther to fight back against a quality opponent in Nishikori in the First Round.
That was a good accomplishment and suggests that that is on his game in this one.
Schwartzman has had some slips against weaker opposition than Evans in this hard court swing in North America.
We think he just gets through in an extended contest. Over 21.5 Games at 4/5* (odds taken 18:31 GMT October 10th 2021 at Unibet).
The best betting odds for Diego Schwartzman vs Dan Evans
Diego Schwartzman to win: 4/7 at Bet365
Dan Evans to win: 11/8 at Bet365
