Lorenzo Sonego and Max Purcell will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Nature Valley International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.31
Max Purcell -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Max Purcell
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Lorenzo Sonego
Ranked no. 27, the Italian got to the semifinal after beating John Millman 6-4 6-2 and Alexander Bublik 6-1 7-5.
In the quarter, Sonego had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-1 7-5). During the match, Sonego scored 73 points vs Bublik’s 53. Sonego was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sonego fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lorenzo Sonego was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lorenzo broke Bublik 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lorenzo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Sonego has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (262-175). 2-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sonego has a composed9-7 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Cagliari where he beat Laslo Djere in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
Sonego has an overall 17-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Sonego has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Purcell
Ranked no. 283, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Kevin Anderson 7-67 4-6 6-3, James Duckworth 6-2 3-6 7-65, Gael Monfils 6-4 5-7 6-4 and Andreas Seppi 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the quarter, Max defeated Seppi (6-4 1-6 6-4).-80) than Seppi. In fact, the world no. 27 won 80 points vs Seppi’s. That means that Purcell was more focused during the important points. Purcell was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Purcell made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 53% of his first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (14/38) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Seppi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Purcell has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sonego | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 4 | 12 |
Tot Games | 37 | 121 |
Pts | 137-100 | 384-374 |
Total Points | 237 | 758 |
Winners | 59 | 163 |
%Winners | 43% | 42% |
Sonego played 2 matches while Purcell competed in 4 matches. Purcell started his run from the qualifications while Sonego had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Max Purcell conceded 4 sets while Lorenzo Sonego hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sonego has played 8 set(s) less than Purcell (4 vs 12). Therefore, Sonego played 84 games less than Purcell. Sonego scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Max scored 163 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sonego | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Aces | 12 | 38 |
Avg per match | 6 | 9.5 |
1st in | 78/106 | 210/377 |
%1st in | 74% | 56% |
1st pts | 59/78 | 163/210 |
%1st pts | 76% | 78% |
2nd pts | 15/28 | 81/167 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Sonego scored 12 aces (6 per match). Purcell scored 38 aces (9.5 per match). Sonego won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sonego | Purcell |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 13 |
Converted | 8/17 | 13/30 |
% Converted | 47% | 43% |
Conceded | 4 | 25 |
Saved | 2 | 14 |
% Saved | 50% | 56% |
Times Broken | 2 | 11 |
Sonego broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
Sonego | ||||
R2 Millman |
1/4 Bublik |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
pts | 64-47 | 73-53 | 137-100 | |
Total points | 111 | 126 | 237 | |
Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
%Winners | 50% | 37% | 43% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 41/53 | 37/53 | 78/106 | |
% 1st in | 77% | 70% | 74% | |
1st pts | 32/41 | 27/37 | 59/78 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 73% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 5/12 | 10/16 | 15/28 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 63% | 54% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Purcell | |||||||
Q1 Anderson |
Q3 Ivashka |
R1 Duckworth |
R2 Monfils |
1/4 Seppi |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-67 4-6 6-3 | 6-76 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 3-6 7-65 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 27 | 149 | |
pts | 101-104 | – | 92-85 | 111-103 | 80-82 | 384-374 | |
Total points | 205 | 0 | 177 | 214 | 162 | 758 | |
Winners | 54 | 38 | 41 | 30 | 163 | ||
%Winners | 53% | NAN% | 41% | 37% | 38% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 12 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 38 | |
Double Faults | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18 | ||
1st in | 68/112 | / | 46/85 | 54/100 | 42/80 | 210/377 | |
% 1st in | 61% | – | 54% | 54% | 53% | 56% | |
1st pts | 54/68 | / | 38/46 | 41/54 | 30/42 | 163/210 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | – | 83% | 76% | 71% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 21/44 | / | 22/39 | 24/46 | 14/38 | 81/167 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | – | 56% | 52% | 37% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | ||
Converted | 1/4 | / | 3/7 | 4/9 | 5/10 | 13/30 | |
Converted % | 25% | – | 43% | 44% | 50% | 43% | |
Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | ||
Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 1/3 | 4/7 | 6/11 | 14 | |
Saved % | 75% | – | 33% | 57% | 55% | 110% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Andreas SeppiSeppi (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction