Marko Topo and Vitaliy Sachko will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.25
Marko Topo -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Marko Topo vs. Vitaliy Sachko
There is no head to head record between Marko Topo and Vitaliy Sachko since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marko Topo
Currently unranked, Marko reached the 2nd round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 4-6 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round against Petrovic, The Serbian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-64 6-2). During the match, Topo scored 96 points vs Petrovic’s 90. Topo was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Topo made 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Marko Topo was very efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Topo broke Petrovic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Topo has a losing win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 46% of his matches (6-7). 2-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Topo has an aggregate2-4 record in the last 2 years on clay.
The Serbian has a compiled 2-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.
Vitaliy Sachko
Ranked no. 269, Sachko reached the 2nd round after defeating Nerman Fatic 5-7 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Fatic, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-1). During the match Sachko scored 91 points vs Fatic’s 83. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Sachko scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 65% of his first serves in, winning 55% (31/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Sachko broke Fatic 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Vitaliy’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bratislava,the Lugano Challenger,M25 Jablonec nad Nisou and the Perugia Challenger.
Vitaliy has an overall 30-17 win-loss record in 2021, 19-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Topo | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 29 |
| Pts | 96-90 | 91-83 |
| Total Points | 186 | 174 |
| Winners | 34 | 31 |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% |
Both Topo and Sachko played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Marko Topo surrendered 1 set, while Vitaliy Sachko lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Topo and Sachko have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Topo played 2 games more than Sachko. Marko scored 34 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sachko scored 31 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Topo | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 48/92 | 56/86 |
| %1st in | 52% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 31/56 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 19/30 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 63% |
Topo bagged 5 aces . Sachko fired 1 ace . Topo won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Sachko won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Topo | Sachko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marko lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Vitaliy broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Sachko conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Topo | |||
| R1 Petrovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-90 | 96-90 | |
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 48/92 | 48/92 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Sachko | |||
| R1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 91-83 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 56/86 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/56 | 31/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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