Alexander Ritschard and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Forli Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10.30 am on GrandStand. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.83
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 318, Ritschard got to the qualifications after beating Fabrizio Ornago 6-3 6-75 6-1.
In the qualifications, Alexander defeated Ornago (6-3 6-75 6-1). During the match Ritschard scored 91 points vs Ornago’s 75. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Ornago 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Ritschard has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (189-109). 9-4 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a 109-50 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles and M25 Palm Coast.
Ritschard has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2020, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
The Swiss didn’t compete in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 355, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Ronald Slobodchikov 7-5 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Slobodchikov (7-5 3-0 ret.). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 69 points vs Slobodchikov’s 54. Sanchez-Izquierdo was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 58% (26/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Slobodchikov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cairo,M15 Palmanova and M15 Antalya.
The Spaniard has a 23-7 win-loss record in 2020, 23-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
Nikolas didn’t compete in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
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