Jurij Rodionov and Tatsuma Ito will play each other in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 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 Jurij Rodionov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.41
Tatsuma Ito -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Jurij Rodionov vs. Tatsuma Ito

There is no head to head record between Jurij Rodionov and Tatsuma Ito since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 152, Jurij reached the 2nd round after beating Ivan Nedelko 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Rodionov had a good straight sets win against Nedelko (6-3 6-3). During the match Rodionov scored 61 points vs Nedelko’s 47. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rodionov scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Nedelko 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Rodionov has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (139-93). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rodionov has a 36-22 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.

The Austrian has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger

The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.

Sultan 1 Challenger
Rodionov's Record

Tatsuma Ito

Ranked no. 204, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Vladyslav Manafov 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Ito had a good straight sets win against Manafov (6-4 6-4). During the match Ito scored 72 points vs Manafov’s 62. Ito was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Ito bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Tatsuma Ito was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ito broke Manafov 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Tatsuma has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Sultan 1 Challenger
Ito's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rodionov Ito
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 20
Pts 61-47 72-62
Total Points 108 134
Winners 31 22
%Winners 51% 31%

Both Rodionov and Ito played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rodionov and Ito have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rodionov played 2 games less than Ito. Jurij scored 31 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Ito recorded 22 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rodionov Ito
Aces 3 2
Avg per match 3 2
1st in 39/57 30/60
%1st in 68% 50%
1st pts 31/39 22/30
%1st pts 79% 73%
2nd pts 7/18 18/30
%2nd pts 39% 60%

Rodionov recorded 3 aces . Ito struck 2 aces . Rodionov won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Ito won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rodionov Ito
Won 4 3
Converted 4/6 3/15
% Converted 67% 20%
Conceded 3 2
Saved 2 1
% Saved 67% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Rodionov broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jurij dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Tatsuma conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Rodionov
R1
Nedelko
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 61-47 61-47
Total points 108 108
Winners 31 31
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 39/57 39/57
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 31/39 31/39
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 7/18 7/18
% 2nd pts 39% 39%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 2/3 2
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 1 1
Ito
R1
Manafov
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 72-62 72-62
Total points 134 134
Winners 22 22
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 30/60 30/60
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 22/30 22/30
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 18/30 18/30
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/15 3/15
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Sultan 1 Challenger

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