Franco Agamenone and Timofey Skatov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Kyiv Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COURT 10. 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 Franco Agamenone who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Franco Agamenone is the pick to win this match.
Franco Agamenone -> 1.66
Timofey Skatov -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Franco Agamenone vs. Timofey Skatov
This will be the 2nd time that Franco Agamenone and Timofey Skatov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Skatov won 6-4 6-4 in the final in M15 Bucharest back in 2020.
Franco Agamenone
Ranked no. 291 (career-high), the Italian reached the semifinal after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-4 7-5, Tristan Lamasine 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Oleksii Krutykh 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, Franco had a good straight sets win against Krutykh (6-2 6-3). During the match, Agamenone scored 63 points vs Krutykh’s 42. Agamenone was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Agamenone scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Franco Agamenone was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Franco broke Krutykh 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Agamenone has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (273-151). 52-14 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Agamenone has a compiled245-136 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Prague 3 Challenger where he overcame Ryan Peniston in the final 6-3 6-1.
The Italian has an overall 73-19 win-loss record in 2021, 52-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kyiv Challenger
Franco has never competed in this tournament before.
Timofey Skatov
Ranked no. 299, Skatov reached the semifinal after defeating Jay Clarke 7-5 6-2, Georgii Kravchenko 6-2 6-2 and Nuno Borges 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter against Borges, Skatov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match Skatov scored 121 points vs Borges’s 113. Timofey was extremely aggressive to blast 62 winners.
About the serving games, Skatov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 80% of his first serves in, winning 65% (62/95) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Borges 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Skatov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Almaty 1 Challenger.
Timofey has an aggregate 30-20 win-loss record in 2021, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Agamenone | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 69 |
| Pts | 240-195 | 266-217 |
| Total Points | 435 | 483 |
| Winners | 88 | 130 |
| %Winners | 37% | 49% |
Both Agamenone and Skatov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Franco Agamenone dropped 1 set, while Timofey Skatov lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Agamenone and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Agamenone played 3 games less than Skatov. The Italian scored 88 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Skatov blasted 130 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Agamenone | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 128/201 | 191/243 |
| %1st in | 64% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 88/128 | 130/191 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 32/73 | 27/52 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 52% |
Agamenone recorded 1 ace (0.3 per match). Skatov also made 1 ace (0.3 per match). Agamenone won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Agamenone | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 13 |
| Converted | 17/37 | 13/32 |
| % Converted | 46% | 41% |
| Conceded | 15 | 23 |
| Saved | 6 | 19 |
| % Saved | 40% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 4 |
Franco broke his opponents 17 times with a 46% conversion rate. Agamenone conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Skatov broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Agamenone | |||||
| R1 Kozlov |
R2 Lamasine |
1/4 Krutykh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 17 | 66 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 103-89 | 63-42 | 240-195 | |
| Total points | 138 | 192 | 105 | 435 | |
| Winners | 22 | 46 | 20 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% | 32% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 64/96 | 26/43 | 128/201 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 46/64 | 20/26 | 88/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 72% | 77% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 11/32 | 11/17 | 32/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 34% | 65% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/14 | 5/10 | 17/37 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 36% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 63% | 50% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Skatov | |||||
| R1 Clarke |
R2 Kravchenko |
1/4 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 33 | 69 | |
| pts | 79-63 | 66-41 | 121-113 | 266-217 | |
| Total points | 142 | 107 | 234 | 483 | |
| Winners | 39 | 29 | 62 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/76 | 38/48 | 95/119 | 191/243 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 79% | 80% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 29/38 | 62/95 | 130/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 76% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 6/10 | 12/24 | 27/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/11 | 5/14 | 13/32 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 36% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 16 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 13/16 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 81% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Kyiv Challenger
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
