H2H. Yuichi Sugita vs Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha | Bengalaru Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Bengalaru Challenger. Sugita and Kaliyanda will fight against each other in 3rd round of the Bengalaru Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Yuichi Sugita and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Bengalaru Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuichi Sugita who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yuichi Sugita is the pick to win this match.
Yuichi Sugita -> 1.062
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha -> 10.00

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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

There is no head to head record between Yuichi Sugita and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Yuichi Sugita

Ranked no. 82, Sugita got to the 3rd round after beating Vaclav Safranek 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Yuichi had a good straight sets win against Safranek (6-4 6-3). During the match Sugita scored 69 points vs Safranek’s 47. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Sugita blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yuichi Sugita was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sugita broke Safranek 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Sugita has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (833-622). 7-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sugita has a 301-226 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Sugita’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.

The Japanese has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2020, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bengalaru Challenger

Sugita didn’t compete in the Bengalaru Challenger in 2019.

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Ranked no. 678, Kaliyanda reached the 3rd round after defeating Adil Kalyanpur 6-4 6-75 7-64 and Lukas Rosol 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Niki defeated Rosol (6-4 2-6 6-3).-88) than Rosol. In fact, the world no. 82 won 88 points vs Rosol’s. That means that Kaliyanda was more focused during the important points. Kaliyanda was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Kaliyanda blasted 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kaliyanda put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Niki broke Rosol twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Niki has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Kaliyanda has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 54% of his matches (26-22). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kaliyanda has a 6-8 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

Niki has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bengalaru Challenger

Niki didn’t compete in the Bengalaru Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sugita Kaliyanda
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 19 63
Pts 69-47 228-218
Total Points 116 446
Winners 21 103
%Winners 30% 45%

Sugita played 1 match while Kaliyanda competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha dropped 2 sets while Yuichi Sugita hasn’t lost a set so far. Sugita has played 4 sets less than Kaliyanda (2 vs 6). Therefore, Sugita played 44 games less than Kaliyanda. Yuichi scored 21 winners (30% on total points). On the other side, The Indian blasted 103 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sugita Kaliyanda
Aces 9 16
Avg per match 9 8
1st in 24/41 139/216
%1st in 59% 64%
1st pts 21/24 103/139
%1st pts 88% 74%
2nd pts 15/17 33/77
%2nd pts 88% 43%

Sugita blasted 9 aces . Kaliyanda blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Sugita won 88% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 88% of the points. On the other side, Kaliyanda won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sugita Kaliyanda
Won 3 6
Converted 3/10 6/19
% Converted 30% 32%
Conceded 0 18
Saved 0 13
% Saved NAN% 72%
Times Broken 0 5

Sugita broke his opponent 3 times with 30% conversion rate. Yuichi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Indian broke his opponents 6 times with 32% conversion rate. Niki conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Sugita
R2
Safranek		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 69-47 69-47
Total points 116 116
Winners 21 21
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 24/41 24/41
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 21/24 21/24
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 15/17 15/17
% 2nd pts 88% 88%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 -100
Kaliyanda
R1
Kalyanpur 		R2
Rosol		 Total
Score 6-4 6-75 7-64 6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 36 27 63
pts 140-125 88-93 228-218
Total points 265 181 446
Winners 58 45 103
%Winners 41% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 8 16
Double Faults 4 6 10
1st in 80/118 59/98 139/216
% 1st in 68% 60% 64%
1st pts 58/80 45/59 103/139
% 1st pts 73% 76% 74%
2nd pts 18/38 15/39 33/77
% 2nd pts 47% 38% 43%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/10 2/9 6/19
Converted % 40% 22% 32%
Conceded 7 11 18
Saved 4/7 9/11 13
Saved % 57% 82% 139%
Times Broken 3 2 150

Head 2 Head

Yuichi Sugita
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 11Chall
  • 12Minor
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Yuichi
Sugita

1:0

Niki
Kaliyanda Poonacha

Rank

899

High

36

1Hard0

Rank

746

High

607

Win Loss
Sugita
Kaliyanda Poonacha
LLWLWLLLWW
2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
4 - 7
0-0
Hard
2-4
0-0
Clay
2-3

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