Andrey Rublev and Yuichi Sugita will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2 pm (est) on Court 19. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.12
Yuichi Sugita -> 6.00
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Yuichi Sugita
Head 2 Head
This will be the 3rd time that Andrey Rublev and Yuichi Sugita clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-4 7-62 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2017.
Andrey Rublev
Ranked no. 16 (career high), Andrey reached the qualifications after beating Christopher O Connell 6-3 0-6 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, Andrey defeated O Connell (6-3 0-6 6-4 7-65). During the match Rublev scored 118 points vs O Connell’s 117. Andrey was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Rublev blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Andrey Rublev was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. The Russian broke O Connell 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Rublev has a negative record in the last 8 years having won 38% of his matches (453-275). 9-0 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has a 208-147 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was managing to win the title in Doha where he beat Corentin Moutet in the final 6-2 7-6(3).
Andrey has a 9-0 win-loss record in 2020, 9-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Andrey lost in the 1st round 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Mackenzie Mcdonald.
Yuichi Sugita
Ranked no. 91, Sugita reached the qualifications after defeating Elliot Benchetrit 6-2 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Yuichi had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (6-2 6-0 6-3). During the match Sugita scored 79 points vs Benchetrit’s 41. Sugita was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Sugita blasted 7 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yuichi Sugita was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (34/40) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Benchetrit 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Sugita has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (813-602). 5-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sugita has a 299-224 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.
The Japanese has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
The Japanese lost in the qualifications 6-1 6-2 to Lorenzo Sonego.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Sugita |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 23 |
| Pts | 118-117 | 79-41 |
| Total Points | 235 | 120 |
| Winners | 46 | 34 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Rublev and Sugita played 1 matche. At the moment, Andrey Rublev conceded 1 set while Yuichi Sugita hasn’t lost a set so far. Rublev has played 1 sets more than Sugita (4 vs 3). Therefore, Rublev played 15 games more than Sugita. Rublev scored 46 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Sugita blasted 34 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Sugita |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 61/101 | 40/64 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 34/40 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 16/24 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 67% |
Rublev blasted 8 aces . Sugita blasted 7 aces . Rublev won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sugita won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Sugita |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/15 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 27% | 86% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 17% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with 27% conversion rate. Andrey conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Sugita broke his opponent 6 times with 86% conversion rate. Sugita was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Rublev | |||
| R1 O |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 0-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 118-117 | 118-117 | |
| Total points | 235 | 235 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/101 | 61/101 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 46/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Sugita | |||
| R1 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-41 | 79-41 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/40 | 34/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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