Taro Daniel and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm 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 Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.57
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Tung-Lin Wu
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Tung-Lin Wu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Daniel won 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in the Burnie Challenger back in 2020.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 121, Daniel reached the quarter after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-2 6-4 and Denis Istomin 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Istomin (6-2 6-4). During the match Daniel scored 70 points vs Istomin’s 54. Daniel was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taro Daniel conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Istomin 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Daniel has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (379-262). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has a 37-29 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Daniel has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
Ranked no. 243, Tung-Lin got to the quarter after defeating Danil Ozernoy 6-1 6-0, Bogdan Bobrov 7-5 7-5, Martin Klizan 6-3 4-6 7-65 and Viktor Troicki 6-3 7-68.
In the 2nd round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Troicki (6-3 7-68). During the match Wu scored 79 points vs Troicki’s 66. Wu was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu blasted 7 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Tung-Lin Wu was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (43/54) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tung-Lin broke Troicki twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tung-Lin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Wu has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 91 |
| Pts | 143-118 | 320-256 |
| Total Points | 261 | 576 |
| Winners | 57 | 152 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Daniel played 2 matches while Wu competed in 4 matches. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Daniel had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tung-Lin Wu surrendered 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t lost a set so far. Daniel has played 5 set(s) less than Wu (4 vs 9). Therefore, Daniel played 55 games less than Wu. Daniel scored 57 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Wu scored 152 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 77/132 | 199/265 |
| %1st in | 58% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 57/77 | 152/199 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 37/66 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Daniel bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Wu struck 26 aces (6.5 per match). Daniel won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 76% of the points on 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 | Daniel | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 15/40 |
| % Converted | 33% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 17 |
| Saved | 11 | 12 |
| % Saved | 92% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Daniel broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Tung-Lin broke his opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. Tung-Lin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Peniston |
R2 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 70-54 | 143-118 | |
| Total points | 137 | 124 | 261 | |
| Winners | 30 | 27 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/75 | 33/57 | 77/132 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 27/33 | 57/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 82% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 12/24 | 28/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/12 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 25% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 100% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wu | ||||||
| Q1 Ozernoy |
Q3 Bobrov |
R1 Klizan |
R2 Troicki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-3 4-6 7-65 | 6-3 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 32 | 22 | 91 | |
| pts | 62-33 | 88-73 | 91-84 | 79-66 | 320-256 | |
| Total points | 95 | 161 | 175 | 145 | 576 | |
| Winners | 22 | 37 | 50 | 43 | 152 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 55% | 54% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/34 | 55/80 | 63/79 | 54/72 | 199/265 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 69% | 80% | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 37/55 | 50/63 | 43/54 | 152/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 79% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/7 | 14/25 | 8/16 | 11/18 | 37/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 50% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/11 | 3/8 | 2/7 | 15/40 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 36% | 38% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 5/7 | 1/3 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 33% | 83% | 144% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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