Roberto Ortega-Olmedo and Mirza Basic will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.34
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Ortega-Olmedo vs. Mirza Basic
There is no head to head record between Roberto Ortega-Olmedo and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
Ranked no. 303, Ortega-Olmedo reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Quiroz 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Quiroz (6-3 6-3). During the match Ortega-Olmedo scored 55 points vs Quiroz’s 39. Roberto was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ortega-Olmedo couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Roberto Ortega-Olmedo was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ortega-Olmedo broke Quiroz 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ortega-Olmedo has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (409-268). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ortega-Olmedo has a 27-27 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Ortega-Olmedo has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
Ortega-Olmedo has never competed in this tournament before.
Mirza Basic
Ranked no. 310, Mirza got to the 2nd round after beating Viktor Durasovic 7-5 6-4, Aleksandr Nedovesov 6-4 6-2 and Roman Safiullin 6-4 7-67.
In the 1st round, Mirza had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-4 7-67). During the match Basic scored 77 points vs Safiullin’s 66. Mirza was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Basic fired 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mirza Basic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bosnian broke Safiullin twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Basic has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ortega-Olmedo | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 63 |
| Pts | 55-39 | 214-168 |
| Total Points | 94 | 382 |
| Winners | 18 | 88 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Ortega-Olmedo played 1 match while Basic competed in 3 matches. Basic started his run from the qualifications while Ortega-Olmedo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Ortega-Olmedo has played 4 set(s) less than Basic (2 vs 6). Therefore, Ortega-Olmedo played 45 games less than Basic. The Spaniard scored 18 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Mirza fired 88 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ortega-Olmedo | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 115/179 |
| %1st in | 53% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 88/115 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 38/64 |
| %2nd pts | 76% | 59% |
Ortega-Olmedo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Basic struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Ortega-Olmedo won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ortega-Olmedo | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 57% | 46% |
| Conceded | 2 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Roberto broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Roberto lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Basic broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Mirza conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ortega-Olmedo | |||
| R1 Quiroz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 55-39 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Basic | |||||
| Q1 Durasovic |
Q3 Nedovesov |
R1 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 23 | 63 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 63-43 | 77-66 | 214-168 | |
| Total points | 133 | 106 | 143 | 382 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 36 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 30/47 | 46/66 | 115/179 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 22/30 | 36/46 | 88/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 78% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 12/17 | 13/20 | 38/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 71% | 65% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/7 | 2/8 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 57% | 25% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/1 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 0% | 75% | 138% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
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