Kacper Zuk and Tung-Lin Wu 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 3:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.3
Tung-Lin Wu -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Tung-Lin Wu
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Tung-Lin Wu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 241 (career high), Zuk got to the 2nd round after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Bobrov (6-2 6-1). During the match Zuk scored 57 points vs Bobrov’s 36. Zuk was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zuk recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Kacper Zuk was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kacper was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bobrov 5 times.
Zuk has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (129-77). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zuk has a 27-7 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Pole has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
Ranked no. 246, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 7-5). During the match Wu scored 65 points vs Grenier’s 60. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu blasted 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve once. Furthermore, Wu put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Tung-Lin broke Grenier 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Chinese has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 65-60 |
| Total Points | 93 | 125 |
| Winners | 21 | 30 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Both Zuk and Wu played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zuk and Wu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zuk played 7 games less than Wu. Kacper scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 30 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 43/61 |
| %1st in | 61% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Zuk managed to score 7 aces . Wu blasted 3 aces . Zuk won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 100% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kacper broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kacper conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Tung-Lin broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | |||
| R1 Bobrov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wu | |||
| R1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 65-60 | 65-60 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Sultan 1 Challenger
- 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
- 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
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-5 7-5) – 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
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
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