ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Sebastian Korda, Grigor Dimitrov, Alex Michelsen and Mackenzie Mcdonald are going to compete on Thursday at the BNP Paribas Open.
Sebastian Korda vs. Francisco Comesana
Head to head 0-0
Sebastian Korda will fight against Francisco Comesana in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1.
Sebastian Korda: ranking and results
Ranked no. 37, Sebastian will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in the San Diego Challenger where he lost to in the final on the 1st of February.
Sebastian has a 13-5 win-loss record in 2026, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Delray Beach where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 6-4 6-3.
The American won his last 5 matches.
Last year in Indian Wells The American surrendered in the 2nd round 7-6(2) 7-6(4) to Gael Monfils.
Francisco Comesana: ranking and results
Ranked no. 82, Comesana will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in the Rosario Challenger where he lost to in the 2nd round on the 5th of February.
Comesana has a 4-7 win-loss record in 2026, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Indian Wells The Argentine didn’t play in Indian Wells in 2025.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Francisco Comesana since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.164
Francisco Comesana -> 5.1
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Grigor Dimitrov vs. Terence Atmane
Head to head 1-1
Grigor Dimitrov will face Terence Atmane in the 1st round for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1.
Grigor Dimitrov: ranking and results
Ranked no. 42, Grigor will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost to in the 1st round on the 24th of February.
Dimitrov has a 1-4 win-loss record in 2026, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Indian Wells Dimitrov lost in the 4th round 6-1 6-1 to Carlos Alcaraz.
Terence Atmane: ranking and results
Ranked no. 52 (career high), Atmane will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost to Kecmanovic in the quarter on the 26th of February.
The French player has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2026, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Indian Wells Atmane lost in the qualifications 7-6(5) 7-6(4) to James Duckworth.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Terence Atmane fight against each other. Their current record is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 for Atmane on hard.
Previously, the last time they played, Atmane won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2026.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.5
Terence Atmane -> 2.58
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Alex Michelsen vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
Head to head 0-0
Alex Michelsen will face Daniel Merida Aguilar in the 1st round for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 2.
Alex Michelsen: ranking and results
Ranked no. 44, the American will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost to Korda in the 2nd round on the 18th of February.
Alex has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2026, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.
Last year in Indian Wells Michelsen got to the 3rd round last year in Indian-wells before retiring against Daniil Medvedev.
Daniel Merida Aguilar: ranking and results
Ranked no. 139 (career high), the Spaniard got to the 1st round after defeating Patrick Kypson 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) and Dane Sweeny 6-3 4-6 6-3.
Daniel has a 11-3 win-loss record in 2026, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS). The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Last year in Indian Wells The Spaniard didn’t play in Indian Wells in 2025.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.33
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.3
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Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Matteo Arnaldi
Head to head 1-0 for Arnaldi
Mackenzie Mcdonald will face Matteo Arnaldi in the 1st round for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM 3.
Mackenzie Mcdonald: ranking and results
Ranked no. 126, Mcdonald reached the 1st round after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 6-2 6-1 and Trevor Svajda 6-4 6-2.
Mackenzie has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2026, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Indian Wells The American lost in the 2nd round 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1 to Francisco Cerundolo.
Matteo Arnaldi: ranking and results
Ranked no. 85, Arnaldi will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Australian Open where he lost to Rublev in the 1st round on the 19th of January.
Arnaldi has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Indian Wells Matteo surrendered in the 3rd round 6-2 6-4 to Brandon Nakashima.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Matteo Arnaldi clash against each other. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Arnaldi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Previously, the last time they played, Arnaldi won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Montreal back in 2024.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.73
Matteo Arnaldi -> 2.1
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At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Last Results
These are the last results of the BNP Paribas Open
- Marcos GironGiron – Mariano NavoneNavone (4-6 7-5 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Marin CilicCilic (7-65 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-65 3-6 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Martin DammDamm (7-65 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Adam WaltonWalton – Quentin HalysHalys (6-3 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Raphael CollignonCollignon (7-62 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-5 6-3) – Score progression – Stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-6 7-5 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 7-63) – Score progression – Stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 1-0 ret.) – Score progression – Stats
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-4) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the BNP Paribas Open
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-4) – H2H – Prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Emilio NavaNava (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-2) – H2H – Prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (3-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-1) – H2H – Prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H – Prediction
