Pavel Kotov and Alexey Zakharov will play each other in the qualifications of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.33
Alexey Zakharov -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Alexey Zakharov

There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Pavel Kotov

Ranked no. 263, Kotov got to the qualifications after beating Yan Bondarevskiy 7-62 7-63.

In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bondarevskiy (7-62 7-63). During the match Kotov scored 89 points vs Bondarevskiy’s 78. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kotov scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Pavel Kotov was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (42/58) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Bondarevskiy twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Kotov has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (144-84). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kotov has a 50-26 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger

Pavel has never competed in this tournament before.

Sultan 1 Challenger
Kotov's Record

Alexey Zakharov

Ranked no. 424, Alexey got to the qualifications after beating Grigoriy Lomakin 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Zakharov had a good straight sets win against Lomakin (6-2 6-3). During the match Zakharov scored 60 points vs Lomakin’s 42. Alexey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Zakharov made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexey Zakharov was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Lomakin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Alexey’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 St. Petersburg.

Zakharov has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Sultan 1 Challenger
Zakharov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kotov Zakharov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 17
Pts 89-78 60-42
Total Points 167 102
Winners 42 19
%Winners 47% 32%

Both Kotov and Zakharov 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, Kotov and Zakharov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kotov played 9 games more than Zakharov. Kotov scored 42 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alexey struck 19 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kotov Zakharov
Aces 7 2
Avg per match 7 2
1st in 58/88 25/46
%1st in 66% 54%
1st pts 42/58 19/25
%1st pts 72% 76%
2nd pts 18/30 14/21
%2nd pts 60% 67%

Kotov scored 7 aces . Zakharov struck 2 aces . Kotov won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Zakharov won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kotov Zakharov
Won 2 4
Converted 2/4 4/8
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 6 2
Saved 4 1
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 2 1

Pavel broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kotov
Q1
Bondarevskiy		 Total
Score 7-62 7-63
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 26
pts 89-78 89-78
Total points 167 167
Winners 42 42
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 58/88 58/88
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 42/58 42/58
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 18/30 18/30
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 4/6 4
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 2 2
Zakharov
Q1
Lomakin		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 60-42 60-42
Total points 102 102
Winners 19 19
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 25/46 25/46
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 19/25 19/25
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

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