Taro Daniel and Martin Klizan will face off in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.63
Martin Klizan -> 2.28

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This will be the 2^nd time that Taro Daniel and Martin Klizan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 114, Daniel got to the qualifications after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-3). During the match Daniel scored 61 points vs Kolar’s 49. Taro was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Daniel recorded 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel broke Kolar twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Daniel has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (415-285). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a 33-27 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Daniel’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.

Daniel has a 17-14 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sofia

Taro didn’t play in Sofia in 2019.

Martin Klizan

Ranked no. 149, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after beating Max Purcell 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Purcell (7-5 6-4). During the match Klizan scored 78 points vs Purcell’s 70. Martin was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Klizan recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Martin Klizan was pretty efficent on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Purcell twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Klizan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger.

Martin has a 13-12 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Sofia

Klizan had to surrender in the quarter to Daniil Medvedev.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Daniel and Klizan 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, Daniel and Klizan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Daniel played 3 games less than Klizan. Taro scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Klizan struck 31 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Daniel managed to score 6 aces . Klizan fired 6 aces . Daniel won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Daniel broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Taro quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Martin broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Martin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Head 2 Head

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• 1Main
• 8Chall
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Taro
Daniel

2:0

Martin
Klizan

Rank

91

High

58

1Clay0

1I.hard0

Rank

311

High

24

Win Loss

Daniel

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Klizan

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18 - 29

48 - 16

11-14

Hard

11-2

1-1

I Hard

2-1

5-11

Clay

35-13

1-3

Grass

0-0

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Daniel

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