TENNIS FREE BETTING TIP: Hubert Hurkacz vs. Steve Johnson

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Hubert Hurkacz is currently ranked at no. 11 with his career-best being no. 9 last season. The 25-year-old is 9-4 in the season with 8-3 on hard surface.

Hurkacz is coming off a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Oscar Otte in his first match this year in Indian Wells.

The Polish player was on the verge of making it to the Dubai final as he lost the decisive tie-break in the semifinals to Andrey Rublev. On his way to the semis, Hurkacz defeated Jannik Sinner, Alex Molcan and Alexander Bublik.

Previously this season, Hurkacz underachieved losing in the second rounds in Rotterdam losing to Lorenzo Musetti and to Adrian Mannarino at the Australian Open.

Steve Johnson is ranked 115th at the moment with his highest ranking at no. 21. The 32-year-old has a lot of tennis left in his tank and is especially dangerous on hard surface in his native USA.

Johnson is 8-6 for the season. He defeated Aslan Karatsev and Daniel Altmaier in the previous rounds without losing a set.

In the previous two tournaments in Acapulco and Delray Beach he lost to the fellow American Stefan Kozlov.

AT the Australian Open, Johnson went past Jordan Thompson in the first round in five sets before losing to Jannik Sinner in the second.

Key facts

• Hurkacz has played only twice in Indian Wells in 2019 and 2021 but both times has made it to the quarterfinals. Last season he lost in the third set tie-break to Grigor Dimitrov after winning the first three matches in straight sets.
• Steve Johnson has been a regular participant in Indian Wells since 2011 but has never made it past the third round.
• These two players have met only once before, in Eastbourne in 2019 when Hurkacz won 6-3 and 7-6 on grass

Hubert Hurkacz is eight years younger and more than 100 spots in front of Steve Johnson in the ATP rankings. This sounds like the game is over before it even starts but the Polish player will not have an easy task against the American veteran. Hurkacz is definitely the better overall player, much faster and being able to change the pace when needed. Johnson depends a lot on his serve and often plays serve-and-volley but that game brought him into the third round without dropping a set in the previous two. Johnson is one of the biggest fighters on the tour and since he hasn’t been this far on a big tournament in a while, there is no doubt he will do everything to win. That attitude and quality play will make this match go over 21.5 games as both players will hold their serves for most of the match.

Value Bet

Hurkacz to win and total over 22.5 games

3.00

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