Nikola Milojevic and Pedja Krstin will square off in the 2nd round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Nikola Milojevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.3
Pedja Krstin -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Pedja Krstin
This will be the 3rd time that Nikola Milojevic and Pedja Krstin fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Krstin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Krstin won 4-6 6-4 7-6(7) in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Nikola Milojevic
Ranked no. 160, the Serbian reached the 2nd round after defeating Vladan Tadic 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Milojevic had a good straight sets win against Tadic (6-0 6-3). During the match, Milojevic scored 53 points vs Tadic’s 29. Milojevic was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Milojevic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve once. Furthermore, Milojevic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (18/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Nikola was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tadic 6 times.
Milojevic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (322-185). 24-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Milojevic has an aggregate 109-71 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(5).
Nikola has a compiled 27-16 win-loss record in 2021, 24-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Pedja Krstin
Ranked no. 288, Krstin reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Serbian defeated Moreno De Alboran (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Krstin scored 83 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 65. The Serbian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Krstin scored 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Pedja Krstin was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Krstin broke Moreno De Alboran 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Serbian has an aggregate 11-16 win-loss record in 2021, 10-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 |
| Pts | 53-29 | 83-65 |
| Total Points | 82 | 148 |
| Winners | 18 | 34 |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% |
Both Milojevic and Krstin played 1 match. At the moment, Pedja Krstin dropped 1 set while Nikola Milojevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Milojevic has played 1 set(s) less than Krstin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Milojevic played 10 games less than Krstin. The Serbian scored 18 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Pedja recorded 34 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 46/73 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 34/46 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Milojevic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Krstin bagged 2 aces . Milojevic won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Krstin won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Krstin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. Nikola conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Krstin conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Tadic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 53-29 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Krstin | |||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-65 | 83-65 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 46/73 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger
- Jonathan MridhaMridha – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marko TopoTopo – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (4-6 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Malek JaziriJaziri (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Martin CuevasCuevas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Marko TepavacTepavac (4-6 6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – David PoljakPoljak (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-3 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nerman FaticFatic (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Drazen PetrovicPetrovic (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Vladan TadicTadic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jonathan MridhaMridha (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mirza BasicBasic – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera – Sumit NagalNagal (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Pedja KrstinKrstin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
