Who will win the trophy at Indian Wells this year? Who will be the most lost? The nine-member expert group of the famous "Tennis" magazine gave predictions on the issues that everyone is concerned about from their professional point of view.

After Djokovic returned from Indian Wells, the biggest concern was whether the Serbian king could achieve his dream of 100 titles at the Masters. The expectation of Djokovic is mainly due to the fact that no one among the current players is more familiar with the atmosphere than Djokovic, after all, the title of five crowns of the tournament is not for nothing.

However, in the prediction of the men's singles champion by the nine-member expert group of "Tennis" magazine, Deyo was directly excluded, which is tantamount to pouring cold water on the heads of those who hope that Deyo will win the cup in this event in advance.

Alcaraz is favored to be the favourite to win the men's singles title with five votes. There is no objection to this, after all, during Sinner's three-month ban, in terms of overall form and hard power, others may really not be as good as the Spanish supernova.

Another favourite is Rublev, who is the second male player to be favoured to win the tournament after Alcaraz with two votes; Zverev Jr. and Shelton are tied for third place with one vote each.

Judging from the prediction of the men's singles champion by the expert group of Tennis magazine, the final four lineup is roughly Alcaraz, Rublev, Zverev Jr. and Sheldon.

So, if there is a dark horse stirring up trouble in the middle, who is most likely to kill it all of a sudden? In this regard, the nine-member expert group also gave their answer.

Tennis potential star Fonseca is optimistic that he is the best candidate for the big dark horse with two votes! Of course, Mikkelson, Hurkacz, Shapovalov, Lerchan, Fokina, Monfils, and Grisep are also promising candidates to be dark horses, and they each received one vote each.

Fans and netizens have no objection to the dark horse candidate, but they are a little surprised by the election of Monfils.

Although the French veteran has been in good form recently, some netizens bluntly said that they hope that he will play the role of spoiler in the strong Indian Wells, "Isn't it a little difficult for the 38-year-old Meng." ”

What netizens mean is that Monfils's hard work is indeed worthy of praise, and there is absolutely no problem in this regard, but let him fight with the young man with a bayonet, can his physical fitness really hold up? Therefore, it is directly questioning the basis of the nine-member expert group's selection of Monfils as a dark horse candidate.

In addition, Fokina was listed as a dark horse candidate, and Mahachi was defeated, which also made fans and netizens very opinionated. Because Mahachi and Fokina had just faced each other in the final of the Alpulco 500, with the runners-up selected and the champion lost, it seems to anyone that the nine-member panel of tennis magazines gave such a prediction.

What also puzzles many people is reflected in the prediction of the women's singles champion!

Sabalenka has been the favourite to win the title in the Middle East this season, and until the nine-man panel's prediction list is released, several believe Sabalenka will still be the favourite, ahead of Swiatek and Gauff.

However, this time the expert group decided that Swiatek was the biggest favourite, and Sabalenka took a direct back seat to tie Andreeva as the second choice.

Because Gauff was squeezed into third place, it also surprised many fans. Someone said that even if Gauff's performance in the Middle East season failed, she should not be looked down on like this, "Isn't Fumei's hard court strength not as hot as Xiaomi?" How can this little black girl be embarrassed! ”

When this incident sparked heated discussions on the public opinion side, some people bluntly said that they didn't have to mind that Gauff only got one vote, after all, Rybakina, one of the F4 members of the women's tennis team, was side by side, and it was okay to treat it with a normal heart.

Regarding Keys being listed as the last candidate for the upset player, many people said that the American name will be underestimated, "Miss Key rushes to the women's singles championship is reasonable." ”

Judging from the current public opinion reaction, the predicted women's singles champion has caused the most controversy, and the least controversial is the women's singles dark horse candidate. Bencic is four votes ahead of Ostapenko, Kessler and Potapova and is considered by the expert group to be the biggest dark horse in the women's singles tournament at Indian Wells. The reason why everyone thinks this prediction is reliable is that Bencic is certainly worth everyone's expectation after playing a phenomenal performance in Abu Dhabi and winning the championship in one fell swoop.

In addition, when I saw the list of candidates for the men's and women's singles champions, some people asked in confusion why they didn't see Medvedev and China's first sister Zheng Qinwen, "Even if the champion candidate is not shared, at least the dark horse candidate should not be excluded, is the nine-member expert group confused and forgotten the two?" ”

The nine-member expert group did not forget Medvedev and Zheng Qinwen, the two were not selected as the men's and women's singles champions and dark horse candidates, it should be that the expert group felt that their current state was not good, and directly designated the two as the first players to be upset in the men's and women's singles. Medvedev and Zheng Qinwen were both elected with high votes, and both of them ranked first on the list of upset candidates for men's and women's singles.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)