Ilya Ivashka and Emil Ruusuvuori will fight against each other in the quarter of the Astana Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilya Ivashka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.54
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Emil Ruusuvuori
This will be the 4th time that Ilya Ivashka and Emil Ruusuvuori play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ivashka (see full H2H stats), but Ruusuvuori has a winning record of 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Ivashka won 6-2 6-1 in the semifinal in Winston salem back in August 2021.
Highlights Ilya Ivashka vs Emil Ruusuvuori – Winston salem 27-August-2021
Ilya Ivashka
Ranked no. 52 (career-high), Ilya reached the quarter after defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-4 and Timofey Skatov 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ivashka scored 65 points vs Skatov’s 43. The Belarussian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ivashka bagged 6 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Ivashka put 71% of his first serves in, winning 71% (25/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Ilya broke Skatov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ivashka has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (319-193). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ivashka has an overall76-47 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Salem where he defeated Mikael Ymer in the final 6-0 6-2.
Ilya has a composed 39-17 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Ivashka has never competed in this tournament before.
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ranked no. 84, Emil reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-2 0-0 ret. and Aslan Karatsev 7-66 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Emil had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (7-66 6-4). During the match Ruusuvuori scored 82 points vs Karatsev’s 71. The Finn was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Ruusuvuori fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Finn broke Karatsev 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Emil’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Atlanta and Salem.
Emil has a composed 27-21 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Ivashka | Ruusuvuori |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
Tot Games | 35 | 31 |
Pts | 134-101 | 113-86 |
Total Points | 235 | 199 |
Winners | 48 | 50 |
%Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Ivashka and Ruusuvuori played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Ivashka has played 1 set(s) less than Ruusuvuori (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Ivashka played 4 games more than Ruusuvuori. Ivashka scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ruusuvuori made 50 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Ivashka | Ruusuvuori |
---|---|---|
Aces | 9 | 4 |
Avg per match | 4.5 | 2 |
1st in | 74/107 | 64/94 |
%1st in | 69% | 68% |
1st pts | 48/74 | 50/64 |
%1st pts | 65% | 78% |
2nd pts | 19/33 | 17/30 |
%2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Ivashka bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ruusuvuori recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Ivashka won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Ruusuvuori won 78% of the points on 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 | Ivashka | Ruusuvuori |
---|---|---|
Won | 10 | 6 |
Converted | 10/22 | 6/11 |
% Converted | 45% | 55% |
Conceded | 11 | 8 |
Saved | 7 | 5 |
% Saved | 64% | 63% |
Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Ilya broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ivashka conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Ruusuvuori broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
Ivashka | ||||
R1 Ymer |
R2 Skatov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
pts | 69-58 | 65-43 | 134-101 | |
Total points | 127 | 108 | 235 | |
Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
%Winners | 33% | 38% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
1st in | 39/58 | 35/49 | 74/107 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
1st pts | 23/39 | 25/35 | 48/74 | |
% 1st pts | 59% | 71% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 12/19 | 7/14 | 19/33 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 58% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Converted | 5/14 | 5/8 | 10/22 | |
Converted % | 36% | 63% | 45% | |
Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 0/2 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 0% | 39% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Ruusuvuori | ||||
R1 Bonzi |
R2 Karatsev |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 0-0 ret. | 7-66 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 8 | 23 | 31 | |
pts | 31-15 | 82-71 | 113-86 | |
Total points | 46 | 153 | 199 | |
Winners | 13 | 37 | 50 | |
%Winners | 42% | 45% | 44% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 15/18 | 49/76 | 64/94 | |
% 1st in | 83% | 64% | 68% | |
1st pts | 13/15 | 37/49 | 50/64 | |
% 1st pts | 87% | 76% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 3/3 | 14/27 | 17/30 | |
% 2nd pts | 100% | 52% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Converted | 2/3 | 4/8 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 67% | 50% | 55% | |
Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5 | |
Saved % | – | 63% | 32% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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