Roman Safiullin and Jack Sock will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Sock who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Sock is the pick to win this match.
Jack Sock -> 1.83
Roman Safiullin -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Jack Sock
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Jack Sock since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 171, Roman reached the 2nd round after defeating Jerome Kym 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Kym (6-4 6-2). During the match Safiullin scored 56 points vs Kym’s 42. Roman was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Roman Safiullin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Safiullin broke Kym 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (285-126). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has a 42-25 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Safiullin has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.
Jack Sock
Ranked no. 259, Jack got to the 2nd round after beating Antoine Bellier 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sock had a good straight sets win against Bellier (6-4 6-3). During the match Sock scored 56 points vs Bellier’s 45. Jack was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Sock fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jack Sock was extremely efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jack was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bellier 3 times.
The American has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 56-42 | 56-45 |
| Total Points | 98 | 101 |
| Winners | 27 | 25 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Safiullin and Sock played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Sock have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Safiullin played 1 game less than Sock. The Russian scored 27 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Sock struck 25 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 27/46 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 25/27 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 93% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Safiullin blasted 4 aces . Sock managed to score 7 aces . Safiullin won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Sock won 93% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | NAN% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Roman broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Russian pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Sock was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Safiullin | |||
| R1 Kym |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 56-42 | 56-42 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 35/50 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sock | |||
| R1 Bellier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 56-45 | 56-45 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 25/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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