Lorenzo Sonego and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the 2nd round of the Olympics for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.6
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Lorenzo Sonego and Nikoloz Basilashvili square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sonego won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Rome back in 2020.
Lorenzo Sonego
Ranked no. 26 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Taro Daniel 4-6 7-66 7-63.
In the 1st round against Daniel, Sonego recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-66 7-63). During the match, Sonego scored 111 points vs Daniel’s 104. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sonego recorded 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Lorenzo Sonego was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (53/72) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Italian broke Daniel twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Sonego has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (267-177). 5-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sonego has an aggregate43-37 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Cagliari where he overcame Laslo Djere in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
Sonego has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
Sonego has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 42, Nikoloz reached the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Basilashvili had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-3 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 62 points vs Carballes Baena’s 41. Basilashvili was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Basilashvili struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nikoloz Basilashvili was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Basilashvili broke Carballes Baena 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Doha where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he beat Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
Nikoloz has an aggregate 22-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sonego | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 |
| Pts | 111-104 | 62-41 |
| Total Points | 215 | 103 |
| Winners | 53 | 20 |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% |
Both Sonego and Basilashvili played 1 match. At the moment, Lorenzo Sonego conceded 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t lost a set so far. Sonego has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sonego played 19 games more than Basilashvili. Lorenzo scored 53 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Nikoloz scored 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sonego | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 4 |
| 1st in | 72/104 | 23/43 |
| %1st in | 69% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 53/72 | 20/23 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 67% |
Sonego fired 14 aces . Basilashvili scored 4 aces . Sonego won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sonego | Basilashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 40% | 29% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 57% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Lorenzo broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Sonego conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sonego | |||
| R1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-66 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-104 | 111-104 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 72/104 | 72/104 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 53/72 | 53/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 20/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Max PurcellPurcell – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Facundo BagnisBagnis (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Federico CoriaCoria (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Norbert GombosGombos (7-64 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yen-Hsun LuLu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Lukas KleinKlein (5-7 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-76 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pablo AndujarAndujar (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 7-66 7-63) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Hugo DellienDellien (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Gilles SimonSimon (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Jeremy ChardyChardy – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Jeremy Chardy/Gael MonfilsChardy/Gael Monfils – Alexander Bublik/Andrey GolubevBublik/Andrey Golubev (6-74 7-63 10-7) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-75 7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Federico CoriaCoria (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Norbert GombosGombos (7-6(4) 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yen-Hsun LuLu (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-5 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Luke SavilleSaville (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Lukas KleinKlein (5-7 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Facundo BagnisBagnis (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Marin CilicCilic (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jeremy ChardyChardy (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
