James Duckworth and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will play each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.79
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Prajnesh Gunneswaran play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Duckworth and Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(3) in the semifinal in the Bangkok Challenger back in 2019.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 102, Duckworth reached the quarter after beating Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 5-7 7-5 and Vladyslav Manafov 6-2 6-75 7-5.
In the 2nd round, James defeated Manafov (6-2 6-75 7-5). During the match Duckworth scored 106 points vs Manafov’s 90. James was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Duckworth struck 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 67% (28/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Manafov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
James has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (278-176). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a 16-15 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
James has never competed in this tournament before.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 134, Gunneswaran reached the quarter after defeating Julian Lenz 3-6 6-2 6-3 and Tatsuma Ito 6-3 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round, Prajnesh had a good straight sets win against Ito (6-3 2-0 ret.). During the match Gunneswaran scored 45 points vs Ito’s 24. Prajnesh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about serving, Gunneswaran managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Prajnesh Gunneswaran was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (14/17) of his 1st serve and 92% (11/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ito twice.
Gunneswaran’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger.
Gunneswaran has a 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 26 |
| Pts | 227-206 | 77-63 |
| Total Points | 433 | 140 |
| Winners | 99 | 33 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Duckworth played 2 matches while Gunneswaran competed in 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth dropped 2 sets, while Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 1 set. Duckworth has played 3 sets more than Gunneswaran (6 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 41 games more than Gunneswaran. James scored 99 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian made 33 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 135/232 | 40/67 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 99/135 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 56/97 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 67% |
Duckworth bagged 25 aces (12.5 per match). Gunneswaran struck 8 aces . Duckworth won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 |
| Saved | 10 | 1 |
| % Saved | 77% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
James broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Gunneswaran conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | ||||
| R1 Kachmazov |
R2 Manafov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | 6-2 6-75 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| pts | 121-116 | 106-90 | 227-206 | |
| Total points | 237 | 196 | 433 | |
| Winners | 56 | 43 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 14 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 77/132 | 58/100 | 135/232 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 56/77 | 43/58 | 99/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 28/42 | 56/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 80% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gunneswaran | ||||
| R1 Lenz |
R2 Ito |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 11 | 37 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 45-24 | 122-87 | |
| Total points | 140 | 69 | 209 | |
| Winners | 33 | 14 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 17/29 | 57/96 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 14/17 | 47/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 11/12 | 29/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 92% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/2 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nathan Pasha/Max Jacob SchnurPasha/Max Jacob Schnur – Julian Lenz/Sebastian OfnerLenz/Sebastian Ofner (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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