Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Duje Ajdukovic will play each other in the qualifications of the Maia Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duje Ajdukovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duje Ajdukovic is the pick to win this match.
Duje Ajdukovic -> 1.72
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Duje Ajdukovic
This will be the 2nd time that Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Duje Ajdukovic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 356, Sanchez-Izquierdo reached the qualifications after defeating Harri Heliovaara 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Heliovaara (6-2 6-4). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 72 points vs Heliovaara’s 56. Nikolas was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Heliovaara 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (141-80). 32-12 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a 136-72 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Cairo,M15 Palmanova and M15 Antalya.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a 33-15 win-loss record in 2020, 32-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
Nikolas didn’t compete in the Maia Challenger in 2019.
Duje Ajdukovic
Ranked no. 374, Duje got to the qualifications after beating Igor Sijsling 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Ajdukovic had a good straight sets win against Sijsling (6-2 6-1). During the match Ajdukovic scored 64 points vs Sijsling’s 45. Duje was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Ajdukovic bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Duje Ajdukovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ajdukovic put 49% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Duje broke Sijsling 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Duje’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M15 Curtea de Arges.
Duje has a 26-10 win-loss record in 2020, 18-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 64-45 |
| Total Points | 128 | 109 |
| Winners | 31 | 19 |
| %Winners | 43% | 30% |
Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Ajdukovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Ajdukovic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sanchez-Izquierdo played 3 games more than Ajdukovic. Nikolas scored 31 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian fired 19 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 28/57 |
| %1st in | 67% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 19/28 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 16/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces . Ajdukovic blasted 2 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Ajdukovic won 68% 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
| Breaks | Sanchez-Izquierdo | Ajdukovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 42% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 90% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Nikolas conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Ajdukovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Heliovaara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ajdukovic | |||
| Q1 Sijsling |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/57 | 28/57 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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