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Philip Sekulic - Kriish Tyagi

Bengaluru - IndiaFinished
Friday, May 15, 2026 at 12:03
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Player 1Projected favoriteProjected favorite is a purely data-driven pick based on each player's last 15 matches. It is not a guarantee.

Philip Sekulic

Career-high singles ranking No. 225 came on 2024-07-15. Public match-history sources show his strongest results are on hard courts, including two 2026 ITF hard-court titles.

Current age22
Current ranking#357
Peak ranking#225 · 2024
Preferred surfaceHard
HandRight handed
Height191 cm
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Player 2

Kriish Tyagi

Indian wildcard in the 2026 Bengaluru Open II. Reliable public profile details such as age, ranking and career high did not surface in the exact search set.

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Finished Snapshot

FT2-0
FinishedSettled

Sets

6-0 · 6-2

Predictions

2W · 6L · 0P

Edges

2W · 1L · 0P

Quick Take

Start here for the short read and the strongest priced leans.

Sekulic's superior serve and hard-court pedigree make him the rightful favorite, but Tyagi's 82% tiebreak win rate and current-week form suggest a closer contest than the 1.18 odds imply. The best betting angle is over 9.5 games in set one, where the model projects a 65% probability against an implied 55.6%, offering a 9.4-point edge. Avoid the moneyline due to negative value, and focus on Tyagi +3.5 games if handicap markets become available.

Match WinnerPhilip Sekulic72%Fair price
Set 1 WinnerPhilip Sekulic68%Fair price
Set 1 Total GamesOver 9.565%+9.4pp

Context Signals

The match conditions that matter before looking at the prices.

Betting Edges

Markets where the model and price are far enough apart.

Model probabilities

The model view before price and edge filtering.

Markets to Avoid

Low-conviction spots where the price does not justify the risk.

Total Games Over 21.5:No odds available for totalGames market.
Game Handicap Kriish Tyagi +3.5:No odds available for gameHandicap market.
Set 2 Winner :No prediction provided for set2Winner; cannot assess edge without model estimate.

Pre-match flagged 6 avoid-market areas; caution remains warranted in high-variance spots.

Philip Sekulic

11W 4L
W6-7(6) 6-3 6-1#442 Maximus JonesMay 14, 2026
W6-2 6-3— Christopher PapaMay 13, 2026
W7-6(5) 7-6(5)#571 Digvijaypratap SinghMay 12, 2026
L2-6 6-1 6-1#486 Alafia AyeniMay 4, 2026
W6-3 6-3#607 Yuki MochizukiMay 3, 2026
L6-4 7-6(3)#421 Hiroki MoriyaApr 19, 2026
L4-6 7-6(2) 6-4#422 Justin BoulaisApr 15, 2026
L7-6(2) 6-3#197 Fajing SunApr 8, 2026
W6-2 6-7(6) 7-6(5)#442 Maximus JonesApr 7, 2026
W6-1 6-4#607 Yuki MochizukiApr 6, 2026
W6-1 6-2#537 Sidharth RawatMar 22, 2026
W5-7 6-4 6-1#488 Leo BorgMar 21, 2026
W7-5 6-3#655 Timofei DerepaskoMar 20, 2026
W3-6 6-3 6-3— Arnav Vijay PaparkarMar 19, 2026
W6-0 3-6 6-2— Arjun RathiMar 18, 2026

Kriish Tyagi

10W 5L
W7-6(7) 5-7 6-4#328 Hamish StewartMay 14, 2026
W6-4 6-4#637 Yuta KawahashiMay 13, 2026
W6-2 7-5#857 Taiyo YamanakaMay 12, 2026
L6-2 6-3— Clement LemireNov 5, 2025
L6-0 6-1#876 Alexander KotzenOct 29, 2025
W6-2 7-5— Agustin SalazarOct 28, 2025
W7-6(1) 6-0— Stefan StorchOct 27, 2025
L2-6 6-3 6-4#330 Renta TokudaMay 30, 2025
W7-6(4) 6-1#862 Grigoriy LomakinMay 29, 2025
W2-6 6-2 6-4#652 Igor KudriashovMay 28, 2025
L6-3 6-4#413 Karan SinghMay 24, 2025
W7-6(3) 7-6(4)— Maksim ShinMay 23, 2025
W3-6 6-4 6-4— Aristarkh SafonovMay 22, 2025
W7-6(5) 6-4— Adam Farag CaoMay 21, 2025
L6-4 6-4#632 S D Prajwal DevApr 2, 2025
Data Coverage (dev)

Data Coverage

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May 14, 20:09

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May 15, 12:33

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May 14, 20:14

Analysis updated: May 14, 20:17

Philip Sekulic enters this Bengaluru Challenger semi-final as the clear favorite, backed by a strong 2026 hard-court campaign that includes titles at M25 Mumbai and M25 Kolkata. His serve metrics—69.8% first-serve points won and a 5.9% ace rate—give him a structural edge in holding serve, while his 11-4 record over the last 15 matches underscores consistent Challenger-level form. Sekulic's opener, a 7-6, 7-6 win over Digvijaypratap Singh, showed he can navigate tight sets, though it also hinted at some early vulnerability in these conditions.