Illya Marchenko vs. Tomas Machac: Preview and betting tips

Tomas Machac will play for a spot in the main draw at Indian Wells on Wednesday night. His opponent will be the Ukrainian Illya Marchenko, with whom he has lost only one match so far. Who will be the winner this time?

Illya Marchenko is a thirty-four-year-old tennis player originally from Ukraine. He is ranked 214th in the ATP rankings. However, his career high is 49th position from September 2016. Among his greatest achievements is the eighth-final of the US Open.

However, he hasn’t been doing too well in recent months. In fact, he has not reached the third round in any tournament in 2022. However, the tennis player who prefers to play on a hard surface has provided a few surprises. For example, he managed to knock out Alexander Bublik in Moscow.

His opponent on Wednesday will be Tomas Machac, a twenty-one-year-old tennis player from Beroun. He is currently ranked 158th in the ATP rankings. However, thanks to the unsuccessful results of Jiri Vesely, he was recently the Czech number one.

The winner of the challenger in Traralgon, Australia, is not doing badly at all this year. He successfully qualified for the Australian Open and defeated the talented Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the main stage of the tournament. He couldn’t beat the in-form Creesy.

The only match between these players took place last September in Sofia, Bulgaria. However, Tomas Machac could not enjoy the victory after 6::3, 3::6 and 6::7 sets. Now the Czech tennis player would like to even the balance of the duels.

However, nothing easy awaits him, as Marchenko defeated Cecchinato 6:1 and 6:2 on Tuesday. Despite this, the Beroun native is the paper favourite – his better physical condition could decide the outcome of the match.