Zizou Bergs and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Almaty 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.37
Ergi Kirkin -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Ergi Kirkin
This will be the 3rd time that Zizou Bergs and Ergi Kirkin clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kirkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kirkin won 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the Heilbronn Challenger back in May 2021.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 220 (career-high), the Belgian will start his run in the Almaty 2 Challenger after he won the title in the Almaty 1 Challenger after beating 4-6 6-3 6-2 Skatov in the final.
Bergs has a composed 28-9 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger,the Lille Challenger and the Almaty 1 Challenger.
The Belgian won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Bergs has an overall 163-80 record. He has a positive 70-41 record on clay.
Previously in the Almaty 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Ergi Kirkin
Ranked no. 403, Ergi got to the 1st round after defeating Evan Furness 6-4 6-76 7-5 and Vladyslav Manafov 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kirkin defeated Furness (6-4 6-76 7-5). During the match Kirkin scored 135 points vs Furness’s 130. Ergi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Kirkin recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 43% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (38/80) on the 2nd serve. Ergi broke Furness 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
The Turk has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 9-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Pedja KrstinKrstin (3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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