Timofey Skatov and Francesco Forti will square off in the qualifications of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on CENTER DOLOMIA SERENA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.6
Francesco Forti -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Francesco Forti
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Francesco Forti since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Timofey Skatov
Ranked no. 308, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Michele Vianello 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Vianello (6-4 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 64 points vs Vianello’s 50. Skatov was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Skatov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Vianello 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Skatov has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (90-64). 26-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has an overall80-49 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Timofey’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Almaty 1 Challenger.
Skatov has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2021, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Forti
Ranked no. 368, Forti reached the qualifications after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-67 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Italian defeated Sanchez-Izquierdo (7-67 2-6 6-3). During the match Forti scored 96 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 94. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Forti couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francesco Forti lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 58% of his first serves in, winning 72% (36/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Forti broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Francesco’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Kiseljak and M25 Klosters.
Francesco has an overall 32-16 win-loss record in 2021, 26-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 64-50 | 96-94 |
| Total Points | 114 | 190 |
| Winners | 25 | 36 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Skatov and Forti played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Francesco Forti lost 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Forti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Skatov played 10 games less than Forti. Timofey scored 25 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Forti scored 36 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 50/86 |
| %1st in | 72% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 36/50 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 15/36 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 42% |
Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Forti also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Skatov won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Forti won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Forti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 71% | 36% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 25% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Timofey broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Timofey surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| Q1 Vianello |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 64-50 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 96-94 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/86 | 50/86 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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