Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Mikael Ymer will face off in the 1st round of the Nature Valley International for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 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 Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.79
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.07
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mikael Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Mikael Ymer clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Ymer won 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2020.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 35 (career-high), the Spaniard will start his run in Eastbourne after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-4 6-1 6-1 to Zverev in the quarter on the 8th of June.
Davidovich Fokina has a composed 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Davidovich Fokina’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Estoril.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 180-106 record. He has a flat 4-4 record on grass.
Previously in Eastbourne
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikael Ymer
Ranked no. 98, Mikael reached the 1st round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 1-6 6-2 6-1 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Mikael had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-3 7-5). During the match Ymer scored 76 points vs Gombos’s 63. Mikael was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikael Ymer lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Gombos 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Ymer has a compiled 12-9 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
LWLLLWLLWW
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Max PurcellPurcell (6-76 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alastair GrayGray (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James WardWard – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
