De Brito, the youngest player in the field, can definitely win two matches in Indian Wells.

Michelle Larcher de Brito is not the youngest player in the top 200 - that title, thanks to an effort at the Australian Open, now belongs to Kristina Mladenovic. 

However De Brito is the youngest player on the women's tour ranked in the top 150 as she is still just 17 years old.

While many tennis fans might not know who she is because she is only ranked 116th at the moment, she has been tipped to be a future world number 1 for quite some time now and one reason why she isn't ranked higher than what she is ranked now is because her activity on tour, being young, is limited.

In 2009 she went 4-3 in Grand Slam tournaments including an impressive run at Roland Garros where she made the 3rd round as a qualifier.

De Brito has been quiet on tour so far this year, as quiet as a beach before a tsunami, but she should be breaking back into the top 100 soon.  She doesn't have that bad of a draw in Indian Wells as she faces Alexandra Dulgheru in the first round and the sportsbooks are divided between making Dulgheru a slight favorite and making this a pure coin toss. Here are the odds for the match with bet365:

Alexandra Dulgheru, +137 (about 27/20)
Michelle Larcher de Brito, EVEN

It's important to back these up and coming stars right when they are on the cusp of breaking out and now that is about the time when you would expect Larcher de Brito, a player tipped for the top 5 in the future, to break toward the top 60.

Dulgheru is right on the edge of the top 50 and it is odd for a player ranked that high not to be a heavier favorite against a qualifier ranked 116th. Back Larcher de Brito in this match and possibly in the second round, should she post a convincing victory here.

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