Peter Polansky and Andrey Kuznetsov will square off in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 4 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday 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 3 sets.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.56
Peter Polansky -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Peter Polansky vs. Andrey Kuznetsov
This will be the 3rd time that Peter Polansky and Andrey Kuznetsov play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Polansky and Kuznetsov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Polansky won 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Sultan 3 Challenger back in July 2021.
Peter Polansky
Ranked no. 241, Peter reached the quarter after beating Artem Dubrivnyy 7-5 7-65 and Malek Jaziri 3-6 7-5 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Jaziri, Polansky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-64).-106) than Jaziri. In fact, the world no. 241 won 106 points vs Jaziri’s. That means that Polansky was more focused during the important points. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polansky scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Peter Polansky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Polansky put 55% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Peter broke Jaziri 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Peter started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Polansky has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (325-265). 10-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Polansky has a composed 204-147 match record in the last years on hard.
The Canadian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
Polansky has a composed 11-16 win-loss record in 2021, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Ranked no. 350, the Russian reached the quarter after beating Jay Clarke 7-66 6-4 and Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-2 7-5). During the match Kuznetsov scored 63 points vs Zhukayev’s 46. Kuznetsov was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Kuznetsov blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrey Kuznetsov lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kuznetsov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Andrey was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zhukayev 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kuznetsov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Andrey’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 St. Petersburg.
Andrey has an overall 23-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polansky | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 43 |
| Pts | 188-180 | 149-122 |
| Total Points | 368 | 271 |
| Winners | 67 | 54 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Polansky and Kuznetsov played 2 matches. At the moment, Peter Polansky conceded 1 set while Andrey Kuznetsov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Polansky has played 1 set more than Kuznetsov (5 vs 4). Therefore, Polansky played 16 games more than Kuznetsov. The Canadian scored 67 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kuznetsov made 54 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polansky | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 98/177 | 75/127 |
| %1st in | 55% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 67/98 | 54/75 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 47/79 | 26/52 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Polansky fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kuznetsov fired 10 aces (5 per match). Polansky won 68% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polansky | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 46% | 60% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 62% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Polansky broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Polansky conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Andrey broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kuznetsov conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polansky | ||||
| R1 Dubrivnyy | R2 Jaziri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | 3-6 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 34 | 59 | |
| pts | 82-72 | 106-108 | 188-180 | |
| Total points | 154 | 214 | 368 | |
| Winners | 25 | 42 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/77 | 55/100 | 98/177 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 42/55 | 67/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 76% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/34 | 22/45 | 47/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 49% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Kuznetsov | ||||
| R1 Clarke | R2 Zhukayev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 63-46 | 149-122 | |
| Total points | 162 | 109 | 271 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/71 | 34/56 | 75/127 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 28/34 | 54/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 82% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 11/22 | 26/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/4 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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