Maxime Cressy and Patrik Niklas-Salminen will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.22
Patrik Niklas-Salminen -> 4.00
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Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 191, Cressy will start his run in the Calgary Challenger after he won the title in the Drummondville Challenger after beating 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 Rinderknech in the final.
Cressy has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The French Player’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Drummondville Challenger.
Cressy won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Maxime has an overall 56-23 record. He has positive 22-5 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Calgary Challenger
Maxime didn’t compete in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
Ranked no. 430, Patrik reached the 2nd round after defeating Jacob Grills 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Grills (6-2 6-4). During the match Niklas-Salminen scored 60 points vs Grills’s 45. Patrik was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Niklas-Salminen blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Patrik Niklas-Salminen was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Finn was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Grills 3 times.
Niklas-Salminen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (64-38). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Niklas-Salminen has a 23-21 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Niklas-Salminen’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in M25 Barnstaple.
Patrik has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Calgary Challenger
The Finn didn’t compete in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-4 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivo KarlovicIvo – Evan KingEvan (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxGeoffrey – Benjamin LockBenjamin (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Tobias SimonTobias – Manuel GuinardManuel (6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
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