Alexander Zverev vs Tallon Griekspoor Tips, Prediction & Live Stream - Griekspoor to push Zverev once more at Indian Wells

Zverev has won six of the seven previous meetings and I'm backing him to dig this one out once again - but, like most of their past encounters, it should be a tight contest. Over 22.5 Total Games will be our best bet for this showdown - Griekspoor has gone over this total in seven of his last eight matches and is almost always in a dogfight these days, while Zverev has been playing below his best and is unlikely to blow the Dutchman off the court. All five of their previous encounters outside the Grand Slams have also gone Over 22.5 total games. As far as H2H betting goes, Zverev to win in three sets offers value.

As mentioned, Zverev leads 6-1, but almost all matches have been tight, gone to three sets or seen at least one tiebreak. They met four times in 2024, with Zverev prevailing on all four occasions.

It's not been the most confidence-boosting start to the season for Zverev.

Sure, the German made a third Grand Slam final at the Australian Open, but he was completely outplayed in the final by Jannik Sinner.

That defeat clearly rocked his confidence or has contributed to lower motivation levels, because Zverev wasn't anywhere near his best during the Golden Swing, winning just one match in Buenos Aires and two in Rio, losing to Francisco Cerundolo and Francisco Comesana.

Zverev was then bundled out in the second round of Acapulco by teenager Learner Tien in straight sets.

Indian Wells hasn't been the happiest of hunting grounds for Zverev in the past - he's never been beyond the quarter-finals and was chopped 6-3 6-1 by Carlos Alcaraz at that stage last year.

Griekspoor has registered a 7-5 record on the season so far and will be hoping to climb back towards his career-high ranking of No. 21 in 2025 after dropping to a current mark of No. 42.

The Dutchman only won back-to-back matches in one of his opening four tournaments of the season, but he found some of his best tennis last month in Dubai.

Indeed, Griekspoor knocked out defending champion Ugo Humbert and Daniil Medvedev to reach the semi-finals before going down to eventual champion Stefanos Tsitsipas, who had also defeated him at his home tournament of Rotterdam earlier in February.

Looking to keep his momentum going, Griekspoor posted a great opening round victory in Indian Wells, outlasting Miomir Kecmanovic in three sets.