Illya Marchenko and Alexey Zakharov will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.20
Alexey Zakharov -> 4.33
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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Alexey Zakharov
There is no head to head record between Illya Marchenko and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 209, Marchenko got to the 3rd round after defeating Sanjar Fayziev 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Fayziev (6-1 6-4). During the match Marchenko scored 65 points vs Fayziev’s 47. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Marchenko blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Illya Marchenko lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Marchenko put 60% of his first serves in, winning 61% (20/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Fayziev 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Marchenko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (575-289). 10-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marchenko has a 299-222 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
Marchenko’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Bergamo Challenger.
Marchenko has a 10-5 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Marchenko didn’t compete in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger in 2019.
Alexey Zakharov
Ranked no. 403, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Danil Ozernoy 6-2 6-2 and Yannick Maden w/o.
In the 1st round, Zakharov had a good straight sets win against Ozernoy (6-2 6-2). During the match Zakharov scored 57 points vs Ozernoy’s 31. Alexey was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Zakharov blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexey Zakharov was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zakharov broke Ozernoy 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Zakharov has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 75% of his matches (48-16). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zakharov has a 99-52 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Zakharov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Aktobe.
The Russian has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
The Russian didn’t play in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marchenko | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 |
| Pts | 65-47 | 57-31 |
| Total Points | 112 | 88 |
| Winners | 20 | 19 |
| %Winners | 31% | 33% |
Both Marchenko and Zakharov played 1 matche. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Marchenko and Zakharov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Marchenko played 1 games more than Zakharov. Illya scored 20 winners (31% on total points). On the other side, Alexey blasted 19 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marchenko | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 23/42 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 20/33 | 19/23 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 15/19 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 79% |
Marchenko blasted 4 aces . Zakharov blasted 2 aces . Marchenko won 61% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marchenko | Zakharov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Illya broke his opponent 6 times with 67% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Zakharov broke his opponent 4 times with 67% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Marchenko | |||
| R2 Fayziev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Zakharov | |||
| R1 Ozernoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 57-31 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
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