On March 11, Adrina Mannarino will play Brandon Nakashima at the Indian Wells tournament. Who will be able to play more stable?
Adrian has started this season very well. He managed to reach the 1/8 finals of the Australian Open, the quarterfinals in Montpellier, Dallas, and Delray Beach. The Frenchman played his last match at the Davis Cup, where he managed to beat Roberto Quiros in three sets on hard indoors. Mannarino was not very convincing in this game, and the courts in Indian Wells are open, which makes the task very difficult since he is more inclined to play in the hall on hard.
Brandon is not impressive yet. After one good match, there is an inevitable decline in his actions. In the last meeting at the tournament in Acapulco, he was weaker than Peter Goevchik in two games (4:6,4:6).
Potentially, Nakashima can play much better, but victories are needed for self-confidence to come.
Among themselves, tennis players met once in a career. Mannarino beat Nakashima in three games at the Delray Beach tournament. It happened three weeks ago.
Mannarino is not in the best shape now, but he has noticeably raised his level of play. Now, to beat him, you need to give all your best. If Nakashima manages to show tennis close to his ideal, he will win. Otherwise, even “such” Adrian can step into the next round. Still, I believe in certain progress in the actions of the American tennis player and play his victory.