Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Sumit Nagal will square off in the qualifications of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on MKG 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.154
Sumit Nagal -> 5.35
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Sumit Nagal
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Ranked no. 81, Pierre-Hugues got to the qualifications after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, the French player had a good straight sets win against Molleker (6-3 6-0). During the match Herbert scored 63 points vs Molleker’s 38. Herbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Herbert fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Molleker 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Herbert has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (342-244). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Herbert has a 125-72 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Prague Challenger.
Pierre-Hugues has a 15-10 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Pierre-Hugues didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
Sumit Nagal
Ranked no. 129, Nagal got to the qualifications after defeating Norbert Gombos 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-5 6-4). During the match Nagal scored 72 points vs Gombos’s 68. Nagal was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Nagal scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 47% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Sumit broke Gombos 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Indian has a 8-11 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Sumit didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 63-38 | 72-68 |
| Total Points | 101 | 140 |
| Winners | 22 | 23 |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% |
Both Herbert and Nagal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Herbert and Nagal have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Herbert played 7 games less than Nagal. Herbert scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit scored 23 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 25/52 | 35/75 |
| %1st in | 48% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 23/35 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 48% |
Herbert made 6 aces . Nagal managed to score 3 aces . Herbert won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
the French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. the French player pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Indian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| Q1 Molleker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-38 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/52 | 25/52 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nagal | |||
| Q1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-68 | 72-68 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/75 | 35/75 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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