Does Dominic Thiem stand any chance against a rested Roger Federer in Sunday’s ATP BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells?

Bovada does not think so. The sportsbook has established Federer as the overwhelming favorite to win the match.World No. 2 Nadal took his warm-up on Saturday after which released a statement saying that his knee wouldn’t allow him to play in a level required to compete at the match.It would have become the 39th career match between Nadal, 32 and Federer, 37, the world’s No. 4-ranked player. They’ve gone without clashing since 2017 on courtroom. Federer has won their last five encounters.
Nadal indicated that his knee started bothering him during the next group of his 7-6(7-2) 7-6(7-2) victory over Karen Khachanov from the quarter-finals on Friday.
The first time that Nadal and Federer ever confronted each other at a tennis game was in doubles competition at Indian Wells in 2004.
Thiem Toughs It Out
Thiem got a free ride throughout the quarterfinals when his oppoent Gael Monfils has been forced to withdraw due to an Achilles tendon injury. He wasn’t so fortunate in his semifinal against Raonic.The two fought tooth and nail through the first two collections. There went A border from the opening set to Thiem. The small advantage was obtained by Raonic in the second group, when he listed 10 of his 17 match aces.It was 2-2 in the third set when Thiem broke Raonic’s support to win a marathon fifth match. Thiem never dropped service the whole match. It was his first career victory in three tries against Raonic.
World No. 8 Thiem advances to his third career ATP Masters 1000 final and his first on a hard-court surface.

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