Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Federico Gaio will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Biella 2 Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on PALAPAJETTA COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.33
Federico Gaio -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 4th time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Federico Gaio fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Davidovich Fokina won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Alicante Challenger back in 2019.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 54, Alejandro got to the 2nd round after defeating Steven Diez 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 6-0). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 62 points vs Diez’s 37. Alejandro was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Davidovich Fokina bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was very efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alejandro broke Diez 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Davidovich Fokina has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (171-98). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Davidovich Fokina has a 10-8 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Spaniard has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Biella 2 Challenger
Davidovich Fokina didn’t play in the Biella 2 Challenger in 2020.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 140, Gaio got to the 2nd round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-3 6-1). During the match Gaio scored 57 points vs Moriya’s 39. Federico was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Moriya 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Federico’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Biella 1 Challenger.
The Italian has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 |
| Pts | 62-37 | 57-39 |
| Total Points | 99 | 96 |
| Winners | 27 | 20 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Davidovich Fokina and Gaio played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Davidovich Fokina and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Davidovich Fokina played 1 game less than Gaio. The Spaniard scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 20 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 35/49 | 29/50 |
| %1st in | 71% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 20/29 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 62% |
Davidovich Fokina fired 7 aces . Gaio recorded 5 aces . Davidovich Fokina won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Davidovich Fokina pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gaio conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 62-37 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 57-39 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 20/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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