Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Brayden Schnur will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Prajnesh Gunneswaran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the pick to win this match.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.6
Brayden Schnur -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Brayden Schnur
This will be the 3rd time that Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Brayden Schnur face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Gunneswaran won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in January 2021.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 138, Gunneswaran got to the 2nd round after beating Dostanbek Tashbulatov 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Prajnesh had a good straight sets win against Tashbulatov (6-2 6-3). During the match Gunneswaran scored 61 points vs Tashbulatov’s 44. Prajnesh was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Prajnesh Gunneswaran was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (29/41) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Prajnesh broke Tashbulatov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gunneswaran has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (257-152). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gunneswaran has a 6-12 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Prajnesh has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Brayden Schnur
Ranked no. 215, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Alexandre Muller 7-68 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Schnur defeated Muller (7-68 3-6 6-1). During the match Schnur scored 100 points vs Muller’s 91. Brayden was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Schnur scored 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brayden Schnur lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Schnur put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Schnur broke Muller 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Schnur has a 1-3 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 | Gunneswaran | Schnur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 |
| Pts | 61-44 | 100-91 |
| Total Points | 105 | 191 |
| Winners | 29 | 47 |
| %Winners | 48% | 47% |
Both Gunneswaran and Schnur played 1 match. At the moment, Brayden Schnur dropped 1 set while Prajnesh Gunneswaran hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gunneswaran has played 1 set(s) less than Schnur (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gunneswaran played 12 games less than Schnur. Gunneswaran scored 29 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Brayden bagged 47 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Schnur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8 |
| 1st in | 41/54 | 62/90 |
| %1st in | 76% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 47/62 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 46% |
Gunneswaran fired 4 aces . Schnur bagged 8 aces . Gunneswaran won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Schnur won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Schnur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gunneswaran broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gunneswaran quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Brayden broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Brayden conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Tashbulatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-44 | 61-44 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Schnur | |||
| R1 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 100-91 | 100-91 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 62/90 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Pavel KotovKotov (6-1 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kacper ZukZuk – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 4-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Tatsuma ItoIto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
