Frederico Ferreira Silva and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other 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 5:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frederico Ferreira Silva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frederico Ferreira Silva is the pick to win this match.
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 1.55
Pavel Kotov -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Frederico Ferreira Silva vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Frederico Ferreira Silva and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Ranked no. 184, Ferreira Silva got to the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Frederico had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-3 6-4). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 63 points vs Ofner’s 45. Ferreira Silva was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ferreira Silva bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Frederico Ferreira Silva lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ferreira Silva put 68% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Ferreira Silva was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ofner 3 times.
Ferreira Silva has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (374-197). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ferreira Silva has a 12-12 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Frederico has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 273, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Yan Bondarevskiy 7-62 7-63, Alexey Zakharov 7-5 1-6 6-3 and Blaz Rola 6-4 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Rola (6-4 7-67).-71) than Rola. In fact, the world no. 184 won 71 points vs Rola’s. That means that Kotov was more focused during the important points. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Rola twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kotov has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ferreira Silva | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 77 |
| Pts | 63-45 | 245-228 |
| Total Points | 108 | 473 |
| Winners | 33 | 101 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Ferreira Silva played 1 match while Kotov competed in 3 matches. Kotov started his run from the qualifications while Ferreira Silva had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pavel Kotov dropped 1 set while Frederico Ferreira Silva hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ferreira Silva has played 5 set(s) less than Kotov (2 vs 7). Therefore, Ferreira Silva played 58 games less than Kotov. The Portuguese scored 33 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov managed to score 101 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ferreira Silva | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 143/239 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 101/143 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 56/96 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Ferreira Silva bagged 2 aces . Kotov scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Ferreira Silva won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ferreira Silva | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 100% | 35% |
| Conceded | 3 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Frederico lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ferreira Silva | |||
| R1 Ofner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 63-45 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kotov | |||||
| Q1 Bondarevskiy |
Q3 Zakharov |
R1 Rola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-63 | 7-5 1-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 23 | 77 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 85-78 | 71-72 | 245-228 | |
| Total points | 167 | 163 | 143 | 473 | |
| Winners | 42 | 30 | 29 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/88 | 43/75 | 42/76 | 143/239 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 55% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/58 | 30/43 | 29/42 | 101/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 19/32 | 19/34 | 56/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 59% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/14 | 2/5 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 40% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 43% | 50% | 160% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Sultan 1 Challenger
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- 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
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-68 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tatsuma ItoIto – Vladyslav ManafovManafov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Denis IstominIstomin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
