John Millman and Taro Daniel will square off in the 2nd round of the Serbia Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is John Millman who should win in 3 sets.
John Millman -> 1.77
Taro Daniel -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 5th time that John Millman and Taro Daniel square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Millman (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Millman won 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Tokyo back in 2019.
Highlights John Millman vs Taro Daniel – Tokyo 04-October-2019
John Millman
Ranked no. 43, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Danilo Petrovic 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Millman had a good straight sets win against Petrovic (7-5 6-4). During the match Millman scored 86 points vs Petrovic’s 73. Millman was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Millman scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, John Millman was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Millman broke Petrovic 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Millman has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (287-189). 3-2 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Millman has a 41-34 match record in the last years on clay.
The Australian has a 4-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
John has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 126, Daniel got to the 2nd round after defeating Marko Miladinovic 6-1 6-2 and Joao Sousa 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Sousa (7-5 6-3). During the match Daniel scored 79 points vs Sousa’s 69. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Daniel struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 57% of his first serves in, winning 77% (33/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Sousa 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Japanese has a 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Millman | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 36 |
| Pts | 86-73 | 136-102 |
| Total Points | 159 | 238 |
| Winners | 26 | 44 |
| %Winners | 30% | 32% |
Millman played 1 match while Daniel competed in 2 matches. Daniel started his run from the qualifications while Millman had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Millman has played 2 set(s) less than Daniel (2 vs 4). Therefore, Millman played 14 games less than Daniel. Millman scored 26 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel bagged 44 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Millman | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 35/70 | 60/118 |
| %1st in | 50% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 44/60 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 33/58 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Millman fired 1 ace . Daniel also fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Millman won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Millman | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/17 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 24% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Millman conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Taro broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Millman | |||
| R1 Petrovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 86-73 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/70 | 35/70 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 24% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Daniel | |||||
| Q1 Miladinovic | Q3 Mager | R1 Sousa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 27 | 21 | 63 | |
| pts | 57-33 | – | 79-69 | 136-102 | |
| Total points | 90 | 0 | 148 | 238 | |
| Winners | 11 | 33 | 44 | ||
| %Winners | 19% | NAN% | 42% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 17/42 | / | 43/76 | 60/118 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | – | 57% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 11/17 | / | 33/43 | 44/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | / | 14/33 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | – | 42% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | / | 4/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | – | 36% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 71% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- John MillmanMillman – Taro DanielDaniel (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Dusan LajovicLajovic (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H and prediction