Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu will clash 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 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 Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.65
Max Purcell -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
Ranked no. 234, Purcell reached the quarter after defeating Alessandro Bega 2-6 6-2 7-5 and Tung-Lin Wu 3-6 7-64 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Wu, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 98 points vs Wu’s 92. Purcell was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Wu 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (164-124). 4-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Purcell has an overall123-90 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Purcell’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Eastbourne.
The Australian has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 3 Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
Ranked no. 394, the Chinese reached the quarter after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-2 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Yu had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-3 6-0). During the match Hsiou scored 58 points vs Karlovskiy’s 34. Hsiou was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty effective on serve to win 96% (22/23) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hsiou broke Karlovskiy 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Yu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh and Sultan.
The Chinese has an overall 41-9 win-loss record in 2021, 38-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Purcell | Hsiou |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
Tot Games | 58 | 33 |
Pts | 205-193 | 115-74 |
Total Points | 398 | 189 |
Winners | 80 | 41 |
%Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Purcell and Hsiou played 2 matches. At the moment, Max Purcell dropped 2 sets while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Purcell has played 2 sets more than Hsiou (6 vs 4). Therefore, Purcell played 25 games more than Hsiou. The Australian scored 80 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Yu made 41 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Purcell | Hsiou |
---|---|---|
Aces | 24 | 5 |
Avg per match | 12 | 2.5 |
1st in | 111/199 | 54/94 |
%1st in | 56% | 57% |
1st pts | 80/111 | 41/54 |
%1st pts | 72% | 76% |
2nd pts | 44/88 | 24/40 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Purcell blasted 24 aces (12 per match). Hsiou managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Purcell won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Purcell | Hsiou |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 9 |
Converted | 8/22 | 9/13 |
% Converted | 36% | 69% |
Conceded | 21 | 5 |
Saved | 15 | 3 |
% Saved | 71% | 60% |
Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Purcell broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Purcell dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Hsiou conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
Purcell | ||||
R1 Bega |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 6-2 7-5 | 3-6 7-64 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 30 | 58 | |
pts | 107-101 | 98-92 | 205-193 | |
Total points | 208 | 190 | 398 | |
Winners | 37 | 43 | 80 | |
%Winners | 35% | 44% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 12 | 12 | 24 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
1st in | 50/110 | 61/89 | 111/199 | |
% 1st in | 45% | 69% | 56% | |
1st pts | 37/50 | 43/61 | 80/111 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 28/60 | 16/28 | 44/88 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 57% | 50% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/13 | 4/9 | 8/22 | |
Converted % | 31% | 44% | 36% | |
Conceded | 14 | 7 | 21 | |
Saved | 11/14 | 4/7 | 15 | |
Saved % | 79% | 57% | 68% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Hsiou | ||||
R1 Grenier |
R2 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
pts | 57-40 | 58-34 | 115-74 | |
Total points | 97 | 92 | 189 | |
Winners | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
%Winners | 33% | 38% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 31/53 | 23/41 | 54/94 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
1st pts | 19/31 | 22/23 | 41/54 | |
% 1st pts | 61% | 96% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 14/22 | 10/18 | 24/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 56% | 60% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Converted | 5/6 | 4/7 | 9/13 | |
Converted % | 83% | 57% | 69% | |
Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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