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H2H, PREDICTION Go Soeda vs Mohamed Safwat | Istanbul Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Istanbul Challenger. Soeda and Safwat will play each other in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Mark Hall

21 January 2021

Prediction and head to head Go Soeda vs. Mohamed Safwat

Go Soeda and Mohamed Safwat will face off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Go Soeda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Go Soeda is the pick to win this match.
Go Soeda -> 1.833
Mohamed Safwat -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Go Soeda vs. Mohamed Safwat

This will be the 3^rd time that Go Soeda and Mohamed Safwat fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Soeda and Safwat (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Soeda won 6-7⁴ 6-2 7-6⁵ in the 2^nd round in the Ho Chi Minh City Challenger back in 2017.

Go Soeda

Ranked no. 134, Go reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6-3 6-3 and Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 4-6 7-6².

In the 2^nd round, Go defeated Griekspoor (7-5 4-6 7-6²). During the match Soeda scored 122 points vs Griekspoor’s 109. Go was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Soeda scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Go Soeda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Soeda put 49% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (28/62) on the 2nd serve. Go broke Griekspoor 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Soeda has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (315-232). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Soeda has a 41-32 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Soeda has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Go didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.

Mohamed Safwat

Ranked no. 153, Mohamed reached the 2^nd round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 6-1 and Federico Gaio 7-6⁴ 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Mohamed had a good straight sets win against Gaio (7-6⁴ 7-5). During the match Safwat scored 99 points vs Gaio’s 86. Safwat was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Safwat scored 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mohamed Safwat lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Safwat put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Egyptian broke Gaio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Egyptian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Egyptian has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Safwat lost in the 1^st round to Roberto Marcora.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Soeda	Safwat
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	53	42
Pts	189-154	155-123
Total Points	343	278
Winners	70	69
%Winners	37%	45%

Both Soeda and Safwat played 2 matches. At the moment, Go Soeda surrendered 1 set while Mohamed Safwat hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Soeda has played 1 set more than Safwat (5 vs 4). Therefore, Soeda played 11 games more than Safwat. The Japanese scored 70 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Egyptian struck 69 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Soeda	Safwat
Aces	6	16
Avg per match	3	8
1st in	93/168	88/132
%1st in	55%	67%
1st pts	70/93	69/88
%1st pts	75%	78%
2nd pts	37/75	23/44
%2nd pts	49%	52%

Soeda fired 6 aces (3 per match). Safwat fired 16 aces (8 per match). Soeda won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Safwat won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Soeda	Safwat
Won	9	7
Converted	9/16	7/16
% Converted	56%	44%
Conceded	16	13
Saved	10	11
% Saved	63%	85%
Times Broken	6	2

The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Soeda dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Safwat broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mohamed conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Tabilo	R2 Griekspoor	Total
Soeda
Score	6-3 6-3	7-5 4-6 7-6²
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	35	53
pts	67-45	122-109	189-154
Total points	112	231	343
Winners	24	46	70
%Winners	36%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	6
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	33/46	60/122	93/168
% 1st in	72%	49%	55%
1st pts	24/33	46/60	70/93
% 1st pts	73%	77%	75%
2nd pts	9/13	28/62	37/75
% 2nd pts	69%	45%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/10	4/6	9/16
Converted %	50%	67%	56%
Conceded	3	13	16
Saved	1/3	9/13	10
Saved %	33%	69%	51%
Times Broken	2	4	6

	R1 Seyboth	R2 Gaio	Total
Safwat
Score	6-4 6-1	7-6⁴ 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	25	42
pts	56-37	99-86	155-123
Total points	93	185	278
Winners	25	44	69
%Winners	45%	44%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	9	16
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	29/41	59/91	88/132
% 1st in	71%	65%	67%
1st pts	25/29	44/59	69/88
% 1st pts	86%	75%	78%
2nd pts	7/12	16/32	23/44
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/7	3/9	7/16
Converted %	57%	33%	44%
Conceded	0	13	13
Saved	0/0	11/13	11
Saved %	–	85%	43%
Times Broken	0	2	2