Sem Verbeek and Francisco Cabral will square off in the qualifications of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sem Verbeek who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sem Verbeek is the pick to win this match.
Sem Verbeek -> 1.76
Francisco Cabral -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Sem Verbeek vs. Francisco Cabral

There is no head to head record between Sem Verbeek and Francisco Cabral since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sem Verbeek

Ranked no. 888, the Dutch got to the qualifications after defeating Sasi Kumar Mukund 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications against Kumar Mukund, Sem recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Verbeek scored 99 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 96. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Verbeek made 7 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Sem Verbeek lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Verbeek put 52% of his first serves in, winning 73% (38/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Verbeek broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Verbeek has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (102-71). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Verbeek has a composed75-51 record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Dutch has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.

Porto Challenger

Verbeek's Record

Francisco Cabral

Currently unranked, the Portuguese reached the qualifications after defeating Ronald Slobodchikov 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Slobodchikov (6-2 6-2). During the match Cabral scored 62 points vs Slobodchikov’s 37. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Cabral struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francisco Cabral was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Slobodchikov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Francisco has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Porto Challenger

Cabral's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Verbeek and Cabral played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sem Verbeek lost 1 set while Francisco Cabral hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Verbeek has played 1 set more than Cabral (3 vs 2). Therefore, Verbeek played 14 games more than Cabral. The Dutch scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese made 25 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Verbeek blasted 7 aces . Cabral struck 8 aces . Verbeek won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Cabral won 89% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Sem conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Francisco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Head 2 Head

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531

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862

Win Loss

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