Viktor Troicki and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Viktor Troicki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Viktor Troicki is the pick to win this match.
Viktor Troicki -> 1.55
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Viktor Troicki vs. Tung-Lin Wu
There is no head to head record between Viktor Troicki and Tung-Lin Wu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Viktor Troicki
Ranked no. 199, the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-4 6-2). During the match Troicki scored 62 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 52. Troicki was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Troicki bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Viktor Troicki was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Viktor broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Troicki has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (241-206). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Troicki has a 51-44 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Troicki has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
Ranked no. 243, the Chinese got to the 2nd round after defeating Danil Ozernoy 6-1 6-0, Bogdan Bobrov 7-5 7-5 and Martin Klizan 6-3 4-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Wu defeated Klizan (6-3 4-6 7-65). During the match Wu scored 91 points vs Klizan’s 84. Tung-Lin was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu struck 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tung-Lin Wu lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 80% of his first serves in, winning 79% (50/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Klizan 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Chinese has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Troicki | Wu |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 18 | 69 |
Pts | 62-52 | 241-190 |
Total Points | 114 | 431 |
Winners | 25 | 109 |
%Winners | 40% | 45% |
Troicki played 1 match while Wu competed in 3 matches. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Troicki had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tung-Lin Wu conceded 1 set while Viktor Troicki hasn’t lost a set so far. Troicki has played 5 set(s) less than Wu (2 vs 7). Therefore, Troicki played 51 games less than Wu. The Serbian scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Tung-Lin struck 109 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Troicki | Wu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 19 |
Avg per match | 3 | 6.3 |
1st in | 34/54 | 145/193 |
%1st in | 63% | 75% |
1st pts | 25/34 | 109/145 |
%1st pts | 74% | 75% |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 26/48 |
%2nd pts | 55% | 54% |
Troicki blasted 3 aces . Wu made 19 aces (6.3 per match). Troicki won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Troicki | Wu |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 13 |
Converted | 4/9 | 13/33 |
% Converted | 44% | 39% |
Conceded | 6 | 11 |
Saved | 5 | 7 |
% Saved | 83% | 64% |
Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Troicki broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Viktor conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Tung-Lin broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Wu conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
Troicki | |||
R1 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 62-52 | 62-52 | |
Total points | 114 | 114 | |
Winners | 25 | 25 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 34/54 | 34/54 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 25/34 | 25/34 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Wu | |||||
Q1 Ozernoy |
Q3 Bobrov |
R1 Klizan |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-3 4-6 7-65 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 32 | 69 | |
pts | 62-33 | 88-73 | 91-84 | 241-190 | |
Total points | 95 | 161 | 175 | 431 | |
Winners | 22 | 37 | 50 | 109 | |
%Winners | 35% | 42% | 55% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 27/34 | 55/80 | 63/79 | 145/193 | |
% 1st in | 79% | 69% | 80% | 75% | |
1st pts | 22/27 | 37/55 | 50/63 | 109/145 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 79% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 4/7 | 14/25 | 8/16 | 26/48 | |
% 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 50% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
Converted | 6/14 | 4/11 | 3/8 | 13/33 | |
Converted % | 43% | 36% | 38% | 39% | |
Conceded | 1 | 7 | 3 | 11 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 7 | |
Saved % | 100% | 71% | 33% | 204% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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