Indian Wells Masters: Tiafoe vs Tabilo Tennis Prediction & Pick

TennisSection previews the 2023 Indian Wells Masters as Frances Tiafoe takes on Alejandro Tabilo in the fourth round on Tuesday, March 14, 2023.

Will Frances Tiafoe get the win? Will Alejandro Tabilo pull off the upset? This will be an interesting one, where we have the hometown favorite taking on a surprise fourth-round opponent. Who will triumph and move through to the quarterfinals at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters?

Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo Match Preview

Frances Tiafoe has taken advantage of a wide-open draw in which he’s seen 3 of the seeds leave his quarter, making him the heavy favorite to advance to the quarterfinals. As he takes on Alejandro Tabilo, in some sense the rankings won’t really matter seeing as Tabilo is here in the Round of 16, but you also have to take a look at the opponents he beat, and that just makes it clear as day that Tiafoe is the man to beat here in this match at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters.

Alejandro Tabilo took down Jordan Thompson to set up a tough matchup with Frances Tiafoe, in order to clinch the win, he’ll need to focus on keeping the points long, drawing errors from the racquet of Tiafoe. I feel Tabilo will have a better chance on this hard court than any other hard court in the world, so let’s see if he has what it takes to pull off the upset for a spot in the last eight at the 2023 Indian Wells Masters.

Frances Tiafoe vs. Alejandro Tabilo Prediction and Pick

Frances Tiafoe and Alejandro Tabilo have never met before, with this being their first career meeting. Although Tiafoe is the heavy favorite, as previously mentioned the conditions here do not suit his game. But I still like the way he’s been playing so far though and he should have too much tactical awareness for Tabilo and I expect him to keep it up as he looks to book a place in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Indian Wells Masters.