Daniil Medvedev and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.003
Christopher O Connell -> 14.75

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 5, Daniil reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Delbonis 6-1 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Delbonis (6-1 6-2 6-4). During the match Medvedev scored 92 points vs Delbonis’s 58. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Medvedev blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniil Medvedev was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Delbonis 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Medvedev has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 27% of his matches (657-248). 10-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has a 306-148 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Daniil has a 11-5 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

Daniil lost in the final 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 to Rafael Nadal.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 116, O reached the 2nd round after defeating Laslo Djere 4-6 6-4 7-62 6-4.

In the 1st round against Djere, Christopher recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-62 6-4). During the match O scored 141 points vs Djere’s 129. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 61 winners.

Talking about serving, O made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (61/85) of his 1st serve and 54% (29/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. O broke Djere 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

O has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (489-331). 4-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, O has a 249-141 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Christopher’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Drummondville Challenger.

O has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

Christopher didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Medvedev O
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 25 43
Pts 92-58 141-129
Total Points 150 270
Winners 37 61
%Winners 40% 43%

Both Medvedev and O played 1 match. At the moment, Christopher O Connell surrendered 1 set while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Medvedev has played 1 set(s) less than O (3 vs 4). Therefore, Medvedev played 18 games less than O. Medvedev scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, O managed to score 61 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Medvedev O
Aces 4 4
Avg per match 4 4
1st in 43/66 85/139
%1st in 65% 61%
1st pts 37/43 61/85
%1st pts 86% 72%
2nd pts 16/23 29/54
%2nd pts 70% 54%

Medvedev bagged 4 aces . O bagged 4 aces . Medvedev won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, O won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Medvedev O
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/11
% Converted 56% 45%
Conceded 2 12
Saved 2 8
% Saved 100% 67%
Times Broken 0 4

Daniil broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Daniil extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. O broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Medvedev
R1
Delbonis		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 92-58 92-58
Total points 150 150
Winners 37 37
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 43/66 43/66
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 37/43 37/43
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 16/23 16/23
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
O
R1
Djere		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 7-62 6-4
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 43 43
pts 141-129 141-129
Total points 270 270
Winners 61 61
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 85/139 85/139
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 61/85 61/85
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 29/54 29/54
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 8/12 8
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open

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