Yuichi Sugita and Marc Polmans will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 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 Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
Marc Polmans -> 1.78
Yuichi Sugita -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 4th time that Yuichi Sugita and Marc Polmans square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sugita (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sugita won 6-1 6-1 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2017.
Yuichi Sugita
Ranked no. 101, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-0 6-2). During the match Sugita scored 53 points vs Safwat’s 31. Sugita was exceptionally aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sugita blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuichi Sugita lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sugita put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (15/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Sugita broke Safwat 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Sugita has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (359-258). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sugita has a 44-33 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Yuichi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Yuichi has a 12-13 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Nur-Sultan
The Japanese didn’t play in Nur-Sultan in 2019.
Marc Polmans
Ranked no. 117, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Denis Yevseyev 5-7 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Yevseyev, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-0). During the match Polmans scored 83 points vs Yevseyev’s 65. Marc was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Polmans was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Yevseyev 6 times.
The Australian has a 11-14 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Nur-Sultan
Marc didn’t compete in Nur-Sultan in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sugita | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 14 | 27 |
Pts | 53-31 | 83-65 |
Total Points | 84 | 148 |
Winners | 15 | 41 |
%Winners | 28% | 49% |
Both Sugita and Polmans played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marc Polmans dropped 1 set while Yuichi Sugita hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sugita has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sugita played 13 games less than Polmans. Sugita scored 15 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Marc scored 41 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sugita | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 5 |
Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
1st in | 24/42 | 55/80 |
%1st in | 57% | 69% |
1st pts | 15/24 | 41/55 |
%1st pts | 63% | 75% |
2nd pts | 11/18 | 10/25 |
%2nd pts | 61% | 40% |
Sugita fired 2 aces . Polmans made 5 aces . Sugita won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sugita | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 6 |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/6 |
% Converted | 55% | 100% |
Conceded | 3 | 6 |
Saved | 2 | 3 |
% Saved | 67% | 50% |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Sugita broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Yuichi conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Sugita | |||
Q1 Safwat | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 53-31 | 53-31 | |
Total points | 84 | 84 | |
Winners | 15 | 15 | |
%Winners | 28% | 28% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 24/42 | 24/42 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
1st pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Polmans | |||
Q1 Yevseyev | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 5-7 6-3 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 83-65 | 83-65 | |
Total points | 148 | 148 | |
Winners | 41 | 41 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
% 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
1st pts | 41/55 | 41/55 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
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