Liam Broady and Illya Marchenko will square off in the semifinal of the Biella 3 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on PALAPAJETTA 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 Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.666
Liam Broady -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Illya Marchenko
This will be the 2nd time that Liam Broady and Illya Marchenko square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Marchenko (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Marchenko won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Nottingham Challenger back in 2017.
Liam Broady
Ranked no. 170, the Brit got to the semifinal after defeating Julian Lenz 7-61 6-4, Luca Nardi 6-3 6-4 and Jurij Rodionov 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Broady had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-4 6-3). During the match Broady scored 71 points vs Rodionov’s 61. Liam was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Broady bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Liam Broady lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 73% of his first serves in, winning 55% (32/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Rodionov 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Broady has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (339-239). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Broady has a 75-56 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Broady’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger.
Broady has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 3 Challenger
Broady has never competed in this tournament before.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 179, Marchenko got to the semifinal after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 7-62, Andrea Arnaboldi 6-2 7-5 and Jonas Forejtek 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Forejtek (6-4 6-1). During the match Marchenko scored 74 points vs Forejtek’s 56. Illya was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Marchenko managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Illya Marchenko was quite effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian broke Forejtek 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marchenko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Illya’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Illya has a 16-4 win-loss record in 2021, 16-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 60 |
| Pts | 218-184 | 232-190 |
| Total Points | 402 | 422 |
| Winners | 81 | 87 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Broady and Marchenko played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Broady and Marchenko have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Broady played 1 game more than Marchenko. Liam scored 81 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Marchenko managed to score 87 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 125/201 | 107/198 |
| %1st in | 62% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 81/125 | 87/107 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 41/76 | 48/91 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Broady recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Marchenko managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Broady won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 52% | 35% |
| Conceded | 19 | 13 |
| Saved | 11 | 12 |
| % Saved | 58% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
The Brit broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Marchenko broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||||
| R1 Lenz |
R2 Nardi |
1/4 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 64-49 | 71-61 | 218-184 | |
| Total points | 157 | 113 | 132 | 402 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 32 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 42% | 45% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/64 | 35/57 | 58/80 | 125/201 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 61% | 73% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 27/35 | 32/58 | 81/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 77% | 55% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 13/22 | 10/22 | 41/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 59% | 45% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/5 | 6/8 | 13/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 75% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 14 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 1/2 | 10/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 71% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Marchenko | |||||
| R1 Wu |
R2 Arnaboldi |
1/4 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 17 | 60 | |
| pts | 87-80 | 71-54 | 74-56 | 232-190 | |
| Total points | 167 | 125 | 130 | 422 | |
| Winners | 39 | 25 | 23 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% | 31% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 31/65 | 28/52 | 107/198 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 48% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 25/31 | 23/28 | 87/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 82% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 20/34 | 14/24 | 48/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 59% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/5 | 4/13 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 60% | 31% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 8/8 | 0/0 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | – | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLLLL Tennis Scores in Biella 3 Challenger
- Robin HaaseHaase – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Szymon Walkow/Jan ZielinskiWalkow/Jan Zielinski – Daniel Masur/Jurij RodionovMasur/Jurij Rodionov (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dustin Brown/Marc-Andrea HueslerBrown/Marc-Andrea Huesler – N.Sriram Balaji/Luca MargaroliBalaji/Luca Margaroli (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Liam BroadyBroady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Robin HaaseHaase – Andreas SeppiSeppi (2-6) – H2H and prediction
