Iga Swiatek vs Maria Sakkari - Indian Wells Finals Tennis Prediction and Pick 3/17/24

Iga Swiatek vs Maria Sakkari

March 17, 2024

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Top seed Iga Swiatek will face Greece's No. 1 Maria Sakkari in the final of the 2024 Indian Wells tournament. The match will be played on Sunday, March 17, 2024. Here's our Iga Swiatek vs Maria Sakkari prediction.

Iga Swiatek

Iga Swiatek is back to her scintillating best. A third-round defeat to Linda Noskova at the Australian Open left Swiatek's fans worried. But the Pole has bounced back to win the WTA 1000 in Doha for the third year in a row. In Indian Wells, Swiatek blitzed through the draw without dropping a set. She has lost a grand total of 17 games in her run to the final! Such dominance puts her on the cusp of her second title at the California desert, where she will confront Maria Sakkari in a rematch of the 2022 final at this very tournament.

Maria Sakkari

What a fortnight it has been for Maria Sakkari, whose lackluster start to the season is now in the rearview mirror. Sakkari is working with David Witt, a coach who is so experienced and successful that he has only worked with two players in the past (Venus Williams and Jessica Pegula). And his guidance has been evident with Sakkari coming through a quartet of close matches that required her to go the distance. A semifinal win over third seed Coco Gauff is probably her most impressive result of the fortnight in which she overcame a second-set wobble to cruise in the third set.

Iga Swiatek vs Maria Sakkari Head-To-Head

In five WTA meetings, Maria Sakkari is one of very few players with a winning record against Iga Swiatek. She is 3-2, but the Pole has won their last two meetings, including the 2022 Indian Wells final.

Iga Swiatek vs Maria Sakkari Prediction

Iga Swiatek has a formidable record at WTA 1000 events. Maria Sakkari will need to play lights-out tennis and hope the Pole will have a rare day off. It's the only way she can win this match. The Greek can hold on to the fact that her coach, David Witt, helped Jessica Pegula win a WTA title in their first tournament together back in 2019. It is still a tall order, and while Sakkari has been clutch in winning deciding sets all week, Swiatek hasn't lost any sets. It is Swiatek's title to lose, and expect her to lift her second trophy in Indian Wells.

Nur’s Pick Iga Swiatek in straight sets

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