Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Vitaliy Sachko will face off in the quarter of the Perugia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune who should win in 2 sets.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 1.31
Vitaliy Sachko -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Vitaliy Sachko
This will be the 2nd time that Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Vitaliy Sachko play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vitus Nodskov Rune (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Vitus Nodskov Rune won 6-1 1-6 7-6(2) in the 1st round in M25 Prague back in May 2021.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
Ranked no. 219 (career-high), Holger reached the quarter after beating Thomas Fabbiano 6-1 4-6 6-2 and Lukas Klein 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Holger had a good straight sets win against Klein (6-4 6-4). During the match, Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 59 points vs Klein’s 49. Vitus Nodskov Rune was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vitus Nodskov Rune couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dane broke Klein twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holger started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Vitus Nodskov Rune has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (77-39). 25-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vitus Nodskov Rune has a composed58-28 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Vitus Nodskov Rune’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor,M15+H Bressuire,M25 Villena,the Oeiras 4 Challenger and the Biella 7 Challenger.
The Dane has an overall 38-13 win-loss record in 2021, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
Ranked no. 303 (career-high), Vitaliy reached the quarter after beating Andrej Martin 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Gian Marco Moroni 7-5 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian defeated Marco Moroni (7-5 4-6 6-4). During the match Sachko scored 87 points vs Marco Moroni’s 80. Vitaliy was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Marco Moroni 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vitaliy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Sachko’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Bratislava,the Lugano Challenger and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
Sachko has a composed 24-11 win-loss record in 2021, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 58 |
| Pts | 153-120 | 175-156 |
| Total Points | 273 | 331 |
| Winners | 63 | 61 |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% |
Both Vitus Nodskov Rune and Sachko played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune dropped 1 set, while Vitaliy Sachko conceded 2 sets. Vitus Nodskov Rune has played 1 set(s) less than Sachko (5 vs 6). Therefore, Vitus Nodskov Rune played 13 games less than Sachko. Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 63 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian blasted 61 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 86/123 | 94/163 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 63/86 | 61/94 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 26/37 | 31/69 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 45% |
Vitus Nodskov Rune blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Sachko blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Vitus Nodskov Rune won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 14/21 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 31% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 11 |
Holger broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Vitus Nodskov Rune conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sachko conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 31% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vitus Nodskov Rune | ||||
| R1 Fabbiano | R2 Klein | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 94-71 | 59-49 | 153-120 | |
| Total points | 165 | 108 | 273 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/70 | 37/53 | 86/123 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 28/37 | 63/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/16 | 26/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 81% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/4 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sachko | ||||
| R1 Martin | R2 Marco Moroni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 32 | 58 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 87-80 | 175-156 | |
| Total points | 164 | 167 | 331 | |
| Winners | 25 | 36 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/80 | 53/83 | 94/163 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 64% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 36/53 | 61/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 12/30 | 31/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 40% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/10 | 14/21 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 70% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 2/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 25% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
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