Roman Safiullin and Peter Polansky will fight against each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.2
Peter Polansky -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Peter Polansky
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Peter Polansky since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 159, Safiullin reached the quarter after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-4 6-2 and Yunseong Chung 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Chung (6-3 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 71 points vs Chung’s 60. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin scored 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Chung 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (292-131). 6-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has a compiled185-59 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Roman has a compiled 13-11 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
Peter Polansky
Ranked no. 254, Polansky got to the quarter after defeating Grigoriy Lomakin 6-4 7-64 and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Polansky had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsov (6-4 6-3). During the match Polansky scored 64 points vs Kuznetsov’s 51. Polansky was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Polansky struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Peter Polansky was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Polansky broke Kuznetsov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Peter has a compiled 8-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Safiullin | Polansky |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 37 | 42 |
Pts | 142-116 | 141-113 |
Total Points | 258 | 254 |
Winners | 70 | 58 |
%Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Safiullin and Polansky played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Polansky have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Safiullin played 5 games less than Polansky. Safiullin scored 70 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Polansky bagged 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Safiullin | Polansky |
---|---|---|
Aces | 10 | 9 |
Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
1st in | 88/131 | 73/123 |
%1st in | 67% | 59% |
1st pts | 70/88 | 58/73 |
%1st pts | 80% | 79% |
2nd pts | 14/43 | 32/50 |
%2nd pts | 33% | 64% |
Safiullin fired 10 aces (5 per match). Polansky struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Safiullin won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Polansky won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Safiullin | Polansky |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 5 |
Converted | 7/14 | 5/8 |
% Converted | 50% | 63% |
Conceded | 13 | 5 |
Saved | 11 | 4 |
% Saved | 85% | 80% |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Polansky broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Safiullin | ||||
R1 Jaziri |
R2 Chung |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
pts | 71-56 | 71-60 | 142-116 | |
Total points | 127 | 131 | 258 | |
Winners | 37 | 33 | 70 | |
%Winners | 52% | 46% | 49% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Double Faults | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
1st in | 46/68 | 42/63 | 88/131 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 37/46 | 33/42 | 70/88 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 6/22 | 8/21 | 14/43 | |
% 2nd pts | 27% | 38% | 33% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 3/8 | 7/14 | |
Converted % | 67% | 38% | 50% | |
Conceded | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
Saved | 10/11 | 1/2 | 11 | |
Saved % | 91% | 50% | 71% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Polansky | ||||
R1 Lomakin |
R2 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
pts | 77-62 | 64-51 | 141-113 | |
Total points | 139 | 115 | 254 | |
Winners | 33 | 25 | 58 | |
%Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 40/65 | 33/58 | 73/123 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 57% | 59% | |
1st pts | 33/40 | 25/33 | 58/73 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 76% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 17/25 | 15/25 | 32/50 | |
% 2nd pts | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Converted | 1/3 | 4/5 | 5/8 | |
Converted % | 33% | 80% | 63% | |
Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 4 | |
Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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