Hiroki Moriya and Tak Khunn Wang will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Salinas 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on CANCHA 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tak Khunn Wang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tak Khunn Wang is the pick to win this match.
Tak Khunn Wang -> 1.64
Hiroki Moriya -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Hiroki Moriya vs. Tak Khunn Wang
There is no head to head record between Hiroki Moriya and Tak Khunn Wang since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Hiroki Moriya
Ranked no. 266, Hiroki got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 7-61 6-2.
In the 1st round, Moriya had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (7-61 6-2). During the match Moriya scored 70 points vs Yevseyev’s 54. Hiroki was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moriya blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hiroki Moriya lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Moriya put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Yevseyev 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Moriya has won exactly 50% of his matches (282-281) in the last 10 years. 1-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moriya has a 201-181 record in the last years on hard.
Hiroki has a 3-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Tak Khunn Wang
Ranked no. 522, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Alejandro Gonzalez 6-2 3-6 6-2, Nicolas Alvarez 7-66 6-4 and Nick Chappell 3-6 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Chappell, Tak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Khunn Wang scored 94 points vs Chappell’s 90. Khunn Wang was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Khunn Wang was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Tak Khunn Wang lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Khunn Wang put 63% of his first serves in, winning 55% (34/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Chappell 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Tak’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Faro and M25 Vale do Lobo.
Tak has a 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moriya | Khunn Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 76 |
| Pts | 70-54 | 252-232 |
| Total Points | 124 | 484 |
| Winners | 20 | 90 |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% |
Moriya played 1 match while Khunn Wang competed in 3 matches. Khunn Wang started his run from the qualifications while Moriya had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tak Khunn Wang surrendered 2 sets while Hiroki Moriya hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moriya has played 6 set(s) less than Khunn Wang (2 vs 8). Therefore, Moriya played 55 games less than Khunn Wang. Moriya scored 20 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Khunn Wang bagged 90 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moriya | Khunn Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 144/245 |
| %1st in | 57% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 90/144 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 54/101 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 53% |
Moriya struck 3 aces . Khunn Wang blasted 1 ace (0.3 per match). Moriya won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Khunn Wang won 63% of the points on 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 | Moriya | Khunn Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 17 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 17/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 61% |
| Conceded | 7 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 43% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 11 |
Hiroki broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Tak conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moriya | |||
| R1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 70-54 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Khunn Wang | |||||
| Q1 Gonzalez |
Q3 Alvarez |
R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 28 | 76 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 77-70 | 94-90 | 252-232 | |
| Total points | 153 | 147 | 184 | 484 | |
| Winners | 23 | 33 | 34 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 43% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 42/73 | 62/99 | 144/245 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 58% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/40 | 33/42 | 34/62 | 90/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 79% | 55% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/33 | 13/31 | 19/37 | 54/101 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 42% | 51% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/7 | 7/10 | 17/28 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 57% | 70% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 14 | 22 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/4 | 9/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | 64% | 114% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Salinas 2 Challenger
- Jc AragoneAragone – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-2 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Cayetano MarchMarch (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Nick ChappellChappell (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Orlando LuzLuz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kevin KingKing – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (7-62 6-76 7-66) – See score progression
- Agustin VelottiVelotti – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (5-7 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Jelle SelsSels (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-77 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Nick ChappellChappell (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Kevin KingKing – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Orlando LuzLuz (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Kevin KingKing (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Agustin VelottiVelotti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Skander MansouriMansouri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
