James Duckworth and Vladyslav Manafov will face 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 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.154
Vladyslav Manafov -> 5.35
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Vladyslav Manafov
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Vladyslav Manafov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 102, Duckworth reached the 2nd round after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 5-7 7-5.
In the 1st round, Duckworth defeated Kachmazov (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match Duckworth scored 121 points vs Kachmazov’s 116. James was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth fired 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 73% (56/77) of his 1st serve and 51% (28/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. James broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (277-176). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a 15-15 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vladyslav Manafov
Ranked no. 532, Manafov got to the 2nd round after defeating Sergey Fomin 6-3 6-3, Julian Lenz 6-71 7-5 6-4 and Aleksandr Nedovesov 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Nedovesov (7-5 6-3). During the match Manafov scored 76 points vs Nedovesov’s 63. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Manafov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vladyslav Manafov was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Manafov broke Nedovesov twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Ukrainian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Manafov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 74 |
| Pts | 121-116 | 249-214 |
| Total Points | 237 | 463 |
| Winners | 56 | 103 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Duckworth played 1 match while Manafov competed in 3 matches. Manafov started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth surrendered 1 set, while Vladyslav Manafov dropped 1 set. Duckworth has played 4 set(s) less than Manafov (3 vs 7). Therefore, Duckworth played 40 games less than Manafov. James scored 56 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian blasted 103 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Manafov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 7 |
| 1st in | 77/132 | 138/226 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 56/77 | 103/138 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 49/88 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Duckworth managed to score 11 aces . Manafov fired 21 aces (7 per match). Duckworth won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Manafov won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Manafov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. James lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Vladyslav broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Vladyslav conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| R1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 121-116 | 121-116 | |
| Total points | 237 | 237 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 77/132 | 77/132 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 56/77 | 56/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 28/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Manafov | |||||
| Q1 Fomin |
Q3 Lenz |
R1 Nedovesov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-71 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 35 | 21 | 74 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 110-109 | 76-63 | 249-214 | |
| Total points | 105 | 219 | 139 | 463 | |
| Winners | 22 | 46 | 35 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 13 | 3 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 67/113 | 43/66 | 138/226 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 46/67 | 35/43 | 103/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 81% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 23/46 | 12/23 | 49/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 50% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/11 | 2/8 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 25% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/9 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 100% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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