Matteo Berrettini and Taro Daniel will play each other in the semifinal of the Serbia Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 2 sets.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.23
Taro Daniel -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 2nd time that Matteo Berrettini and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Daniel won 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Istanbul back in 2018.
Matteo Berrettini
Ranked no. 10, Berrettini reached the semifinal after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-3 and Filip Krajinovic 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-4 6-4). During the match Berrettini scored 67 points vs Krajinovic’s 52. Berrettini was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berrettini fired 9 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Matteo Berrettini was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Berrettini broke Krajinovic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matteo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Berrettini has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (221-119). 2-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Berrettini has a 66-36 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Berrettini has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 126, the Japanese got to the semifinal after beating Marko Miladinovic 6-1 6-2, Joao Sousa 7-5 6-3, John Millman 3-6 6-2 6-3 and Federico Delbonis 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the quarter against Delbonis, Taro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Daniel scored 98 points vs Delbonis’s 78. Taro was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Daniel managed to score 6 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Taro Daniel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Delbonis 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Daniel’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Japanese has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berrettini | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 91 |
| Pts | 133-105 | 318-258 |
| Total Points | 238 | 576 |
| Winners | 65 | 114 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Berrettini played 2 matches while Daniel competed in 4 matches. Daniel started his run from the qualifications while Berrettini had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Taro Daniel lost 2 sets while Matteo Berrettini hasn’t lost a set so far. Berrettini has played 6 set(s) less than Daniel (4 vs 10). Therefore, Berrettini played 52 games less than Daniel. The Italian scored 65 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Taro struck 114 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berrettini | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 81/119 | 162/286 |
| %1st in | 68% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 65/81 | 114/162 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 73/124 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Berrettini fired 14 aces (7 per match). Daniel struck 13 aces (3.3 per match). Berrettini won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 70% 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 | Berrettini | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 17 |
| Converted | 5/17 | 17/36 |
| % Converted | 29% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 9 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Italian pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 9 break points. Daniel broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berrettini | ||||
| R2 Cecchinato | 1/4 Krajinovic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 67-52 | 133-105 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | 238 | |
| Winners | 31 | 34 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 42/62 | 81/119 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 34/42 | 65/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 11/20 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/6 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel | |||||||
| Q1 Miladinovic | Q3 Mager | R1 Sousa | R2 Millman | 1/4 Delbonis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 29 | 118 | |
| pts | 57-33 | – | 79-69 | 84-78 | 98-78 | 318-258 | |
| Total points | 90 | 0 | 148 | 162 | 176 | 576 | |
| Winners | 11 | 33 | 34 | 36 | 114 | ||
| %Winners | 19% | NAN% | 42% | 40% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 17/42 | / | 43/76 | 46/82 | 56/86 | 162/286 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | – | 57% | 56% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 11/17 | / | 33/43 | 34/46 | 36/56 | 114/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | – | 77% | 74% | 64% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | / | 14/33 | 20/36 | 20/30 | 73/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | – | 42% | 56% | 67% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | / | 4/11 | 3/7 | 5/9 | 17/36 | |
| Converted % | 56% | – | 36% | 43% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 19 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 5/7 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 71% | 50% | 63% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
Tennis Scores in Belgrade
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomislav Brkic/Nikola CacicBrkic/Nikola Cacic – Simone Bolelli/Maximo GonzalezBolelli/Maximo Gonzalez (0-6 7-67 10-8) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Gianluca MagerMager (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-0) – H2H and prediction