Sumit Nagal and Thomas Fabbiano will square off in the qualifications of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on PISTA MANOLO SANTANA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.727
Thomas Fabbiano -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Thomas Fabbiano
This will be the 2nd time that Sumit Nagal and Thomas Fabbiano fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fabbiano (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Fabbiano won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Ningboo Challenger back in 2018.
Sumit Nagal
Ranked no. 135, the Indian got to the qualifications after beating Illya Marchenko 3-6 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications against Marchenko, Nagal recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-5). During the match Nagal scored 92 points vs Marchenko’s 77. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nagal recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sumit Nagal was very efficient on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sumit broke Marchenko 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Nagal has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (226-132). 10-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nagal has a 150-71 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Sumit has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.
Thomas Fabbiano
Ranked no. 171, Thomas reached the qualifications after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-3 6-1). During the match Fabbiano scored 65 points vs Huesler’s 42. Thomas was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Fabbiano scored 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Thomas Fabbiano was very efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Huesler 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Thomas has a 8-10 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Fabbiano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 |
| Pts | 92-77 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 169 | 107 |
| Winners | 42 | 24 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Nagal and Fabbiano played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sumit Nagal conceded 1 set while Thomas Fabbiano hasn’t lost a set so far. Nagal has played 1 set more than Fabbiano (3 vs 2). Therefore, Nagal played 13 games more than Fabbiano. Sumit scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Fabbiano fired 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Fabbiano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 52/73 | 30/46 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 63% |
Nagal made 3 aces . Fabbiano fired 3 aces . Nagal won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Fabbiano won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nagal | Fabbiano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 36% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Indian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Indian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Italian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Nagal | |||
| Q1 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 92-77 | 92-77 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/73 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fabbiano | |||
| Q1 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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