Fernando Verdasco and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 1.78
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
Ranked no. 99, Verdasco reached the 2nd round after beating Sumit Nagal 6-75 7-63 7-5.
In the 1st round against Nagal, Verdasco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-63 7-5). During the match, Verdasco scored 147 points vs Nagal’s 132. Fernando was very aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Regarding the service games, Verdasco struck 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (62/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Nagal 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).
Verdasco has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (237-212). 3-5 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Verdasco has an aggregate 104-78 match record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard has an overall 3-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Fernando has never competed in this tournament before.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
Ranked no. 291 (career-high), Vitus Nodskov Rune got to the 2nd round after defeating Titouan Droguet 7-63 1-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Holger defeated Droguet (7-63 1-6 6-4).-102) than Droguet. In fact, the world no. 99 won 102 points vs Droguet’s. That means that Vitus Nodskov Rune was more focused during the important points. Holger was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Vitus Nodskov Rune blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Vitus Nodskov Rune broke Droguet once after converting 9% of his break points (1/11).
Vitus Nodskov Rune’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15+H Bressuire,M25 Villena,the Oeiras 4 Challenger and the Biella 7 Challenger.
Vitus Nodskov Rune has an overall 32-11 win-loss record in 2021, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 30 |
| Pts | 147-132 | 102-103 |
| Total Points | 279 | 205 |
| Winners | 62 | 46 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Verdasco and Vitus Nodskov Rune played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Fernando Verdasco dropped 1 set, while Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Vitus Nodskov Rune have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Verdasco played 8 games more than Vitus Nodskov Rune. Verdasco scored 62 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Holger recorded 46 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 85/131 | 62/96 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 62/85 | 46/62 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 18/34 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 53% |
Verdasco managed to score 7 aces . Vitus Nodskov Rune made 2 aces . Verdasco won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Vitus Nodskov Rune won 74% 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 | Verdasco | Vitus Nodskov Rune |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 1 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 1/11 |
| % Converted | 32% | 9% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Fernando broke his opponent 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Verdasco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Holger broke his opponent once with a 9% conversion rate. Vitus Nodskov Rune conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 147-132 | 147-132 | |
| Total points | 279 | 279 | |
| Winners | 62 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 85/131 | 85/131 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 62/85 | 62/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 10/15 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Vitus Nodskov Rune | |||
| R1 Droguet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-103 | 102-103 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 62/96 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/62 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/11 | 1/11 | |
| Converted % | 9% | 9% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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