Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Almaty 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.28
Pavel Kotov -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Ranked no. 232, Marcelo reached the quarter after beating Vladyslav Orlov 7-63 6-2 and Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-4 6-1). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 65 points vs Popko’s 39. Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera blasted 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 91% (10/11) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marcelo broke Popko 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas Barrios Vera started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (234-127). 18-13 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate166-88 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Tomas Barrios Vera’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Santiago Challenger.
Marcelo has an overall 21-16 win-loss record in 2021, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 270, Pavel got to the quarter after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-63 6-4 and Zizou Bergs 6-3 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Bergs (6-3 4-6 6-2). During the match Kotov scored 86 points vs Bergs’s 76. Kotov was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov managed to score 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Pavel Kotov was very effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Bergs 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Russian has a composed 10-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 50 |
| Pts | 138-97 | 171-153 |
| Total Points | 235 | 324 |
| Winners | 54 | 70 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Kotov played 2 matches. At the moment, Pavel Kotov dropped 1 set while Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t lost a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 1 set(s) less than Kotov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 12 games less than Kotov. Marcelo scored 54 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pavel scored 70 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 72/101 | 104/155 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 54/72 | 70/104 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 28/51 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 55% |
Tomas Barrios Vera recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kotov blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 53% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kotov broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Pavel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | ||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 65-39 | 138-97 | |
| Total points | 131 | 104 | 235 | |
| Winners | 33 | 21 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 32% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 28/39 | 72/101 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 21/28 | 54/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 10/11 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 91% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kotov | ||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 27 | 50 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 86-76 | 171-153 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | 324 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 55/76 | 104/155 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 39/55 | 70/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 11/21 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/7 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 71% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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