Mirza Basic and Oleksii Krutykh will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.32
Oleksii Krutykh -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Mirza Basic vs. Oleksii Krutykh
There is no head to head record between Mirza Basic and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mirza Basic
Ranked no. 269, the Bosnian got to the 2nd round after beating Akira Santillan 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Santillan (6-2 6-2). During the match, Basic scored 58 points vs Santillan’s 33. The Bosnian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Basic struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mirza Basic was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bosnian broke Santillan 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Basic has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (323-233). 9-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basic has an overall 125-79 match record in the last years on hard.
Mirza’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Almaty 2 Challenger.
Mirza has an aggregate 26-12 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Oleksii Krutykh
Ranked no. 503 (career-high), the Ukrainian reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Igoshin 4-6 6-1 6-2, Yshai Oliel 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Tung-Lin Wu 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-2 6-2). During the match Krutykh scored 56 points vs Wu’s 38. Oleksii was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Krutykh struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Wu 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Oleksii’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Novomoskovsk.
The Ukrainian has an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basic | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 67 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 226-168 |
| Total Points | 91 | 394 |
| Winners | 21 | 74 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Basic played 1 match while Krutykh competed in 3 matches. Krutykh started his run from the qualifications while Basic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Oleksii Krutykh surrendered 2 sets while Mirza Basic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Basic has played 6 set(s) less than Krutykh (2 vs 8). Therefore, Basic played 51 games less than Krutykh. The Bosnian scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian scored 74 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basic | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 98/179 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 74/98 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 51/81 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 63% |
Basic blasted 3 aces . Krutykh struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Basic won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basic | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 14/29 |
| % Converted | 57% | 48% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Basic broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Bosnian extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Krutykh broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basic | |||
| R1 Santillan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Krutykh | |||||
| Q1 Igoshin |
Q3 Oliel |
R1 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 | 16 | 67 | |
| pts | 89-60 | 81-70 | 56-38 | 226-168 | |
| Total points | 149 | 151 | 94 | 394 | |
| Winners | 23 | 24 | 27 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 30% | 48% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 35/69 | 33/50 | 98/179 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 51% | 66% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 24/35 | 27/33 | 74/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 69% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/30 | 23/34 | 7/17 | 51/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 68% | 41% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 4/7 | 4/6 | 14/29 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 57% | 67% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/4 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 100% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Sultan 4 Challenger
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alessandro BegaBega (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (4-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Edan LeshemLeshem (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Yunseong ChungChung (6-75 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Peter PolanskyPolansky (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick ChappellChappell – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
