Andrey Kuznetsov and Beibit Zhukayev will square off in the 2nd round of the Nur-Sultan 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Andrey Kuznetsov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Kuznetsov is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.147
Beibit Zhukayev -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Kuznetsov vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Andrey Kuznetsov and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Ranked no. 350, Kuznetsov got to the 2nd round after defeating Jay Clarke 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kuznetsov had a good straight sets win against Clarke (7-66 6-4). During the match, Kuznetsov scored 86 points vs Clarke’s 76. Andrey was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuznetsov fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrey Kuznetsov lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Kuznetsov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Clarke 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kuznetsov has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (226-157). 7-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuznetsov has an overall 43-35 match record in the last years on hard.
Andrey’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 St. Petersburg.
The Russian has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Beibit Zhukayev
Ranked no. 898, Beibit reached the 2nd round after beating Lucas Catarina 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Catarina (6-2 6-4). During the match Zhukayev scored 69 points vs Catarina’s 54. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 59% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (10/28) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Catarina 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Beibit’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Shymkent and Sultan.
Zhukayev has an aggregate 10-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuznetsov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 |
| Pts | 86-76 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 162 | 123 |
| Winners | 26 | 33 |
| %Winners | 30% | 48% |
Both Kuznetsov and Zhukayev played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuznetsov and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuznetsov played 5 games more than Zhukayev. Andrey scored 26 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit blasted 33 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuznetsov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 12 |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 40/68 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 33/40 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 10/28 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 36% |
Kuznetsov scored 4 aces . Zhukayev recorded 12 aces . Kuznetsov won 63% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuznetsov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Andrey conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Zhukayev broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuznetsov | |||
| R1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 86-76 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 41/71 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Zhukayev | |||
| R1 Catarina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/68 | 40/68 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 33/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 10/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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