Martin Klizan and Ulises Blanch will face off in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Klizan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Martin Klizan is the pick to win this match.
Martin Klizan -> 1.86
Ulises Blanch -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Martin Klizan vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Martin Klizan and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Martin Klizan
Ranked no. 159, Klizan reached the 2nd round after beating Timofey Skatov 6-4 4-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Klizan defeated Skatov (6-4 4-6 7-65). During the match Klizan scored 122 points vs Skatov’s 120. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Klizan scored 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Martin Klizan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Klizan put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (50/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (23/56) on the 2nd serve. Klizan broke Skatov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Klizan has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (259-194). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klizan has a 57-36 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Slovakian has a 2-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 244, Blanch got to the 2nd round after defeating Dmitry Popko 6-4 2-6 7-67.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Popko (6-4 2-6 7-67). During the match Blanch scored 120 points vs Popko’s 114. Blanch was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 54% of his first serves in, winning 83% (50/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Popko twice after converting 12% of his break points (2/17).
The American has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Klizan | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 |
| Pts | 122-120 | 120-114 |
| Total Points | 242 | 234 |
| Winners | 50 | 50 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Klizan and Blanch played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Martin Klizan conceded 1 set, while Ulises Blanch conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Klizan and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Klizan played 2 games more than Blanch. Martin scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Ulises blasted 50 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Klizan | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 14 |
| 1st in | 72/128 | 60/111 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 50/60 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 23/56 | 23/51 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 45% |
Klizan made 8 aces . Blanch made 14 aces . Klizan won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Klizan | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 2/17 |
| % Converted | 38% | 12% |
| Conceded | 18 | 14 |
| Saved | 13 | 11 |
| % Saved | 72% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Martin broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Klizan dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponent twice with a 12% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Klizan | |||
| R1 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 122-120 | 122-120 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 72/128 | 72/128 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/56 | 23/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 13/18 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 72% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Blanch | |||
| R1 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 120-114 | 120-114 | |
| Total points | 234 | 234 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/111 | 60/111 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 50/60 | 50/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/51 | 23/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/17 | 2/17 | |
| Converted % | 12% | 12% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Sultan 1 Challenger
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- Pavel KotovKotov – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-76 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 2-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
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- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
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