Roberto Bautista Agut and Vasek Pospisil will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.333
Vasek Pospisil -> 3.18
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Vasek Pospisil
This will be the 4th time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Vasek Pospisil play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Bautista-Agut won 7-61 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2014.
Roberto Bautista Agut
Ranked no. 11, Roberto reached the 2nd round after defeating Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-4 7-63 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Roberto defeated Kecmanovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Bautista-Agut scored 132 points vs Kecmanovic’s 111. Roberto was extremely aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Roberto Bautista Agut was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 75% (54/72) of his 1st serve and 65% (33/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bautista-Agut broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roberto has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Bautista-Agut has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (398-224). 13-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bautista-Agut has a 166-84 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in New York.
The Spaniard has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2020, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Bautista-Agut lost in the Pre-q to .
Vasek Pospisil
Ranked no. 94, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after defeating Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-64 7-5 7-63 and Milos Raonic 6-71 6-3 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Raonic, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-3 7-64 6-3). During the match Pospisil scored 138 points vs Raonic’s 127. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 72 winners.
Talking about serving, Pospisil buried his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Vasek Pospisil was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 82% (72/88) of his 1st serve and 61% (27/44) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vasek broke Raonic twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vasek has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Pospisil’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Montpellier.
Pospisil has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the U.S. Open
Pospisil lost in the Pre-q to .
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 82 |
| Pts | 251-216 | 271-242 |
| Total Points | 467 | 513 |
| Winners | 105 | 130 |
| %Winners | 42% | 48% |
Both Bautista-Agut and Pospisil played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Bautista Agut conceded 1 set, while Vasek Pospisil dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bautista-Agut and Pospisil have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Bautista-Agut played 12 games less than Pospisil. Roberto scored 105 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Vasek fired 130 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 43 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 21.5 |
| 1st in | 150/236 | 156/252 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 105/150 | 130/156 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 56/86 | 55/96 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 57% |
Bautista-Agut blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Pospisil made 43 aces (21.5 per match). Bautista-Agut won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Pospisil won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/28 | 5/21 |
| % Converted | 25% | 24% |
| Conceded | 25 | 9 |
| Saved | 22 | 7 |
| % Saved | 88% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Roberto broke his opponents 7 times with a 25% conversion rate. Bautista-Agut conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Pospisil broke his opponents 5 times with a 24% conversion rate. Vasek conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | ||||
| R1 Sandgren |
R2 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 37 | 70 | |
| pts | 119-105 | 132-111 | 251-216 | |
| Total points | 224 | 243 | 467 | |
| Winners | 51 | 54 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 78/113 | 72/123 | 150/236 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 51/78 | 54/72 | 105/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 75% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 33/51 | 56/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/17 | 7/28 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 18% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 6 | 25 | |
| Saved | 17/19 | 5/6 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 83% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Pospisil | ||||
| R1 Kohlschreiber |
R2 Raonic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 7-63 | 6-71 6-3 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 44 | 82 | |
| pts | 133-115 | 138-127 | 271-242 | |
| Total points | 248 | 265 | 513 | |
| Winners | 58 | 72 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 52% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 68/120 | 88/132 | 156/252 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 58/68 | 72/88 | 130/156 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/52 | 27/44 | 55/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/10 | 5/21 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 20% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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