Andy Murray and Roman Safiullin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rennes Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:45 pm on COURT CENTRAL LE LIBERTÉ. 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 Andy Murray who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.44
Roman Safiullin -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Andy Murray
Ranked no. 116, Andy reached the 2nd round after beating Yannick Maden 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Murray had a good straight sets win against Maden (6-3 6-1). During the match, Murray scored 56 points vs Maden’s 36. Murray was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andy Murray lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Murray put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (22/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Murray broke Maden 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Murray has an extraordinary match record in the last 10 years having won 78% of his matches (366-102). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray has a compiled 56-16 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Andy’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Andy has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rennes Challenger
Andy has never competed in this tournament before.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 158, Roman reached the 2nd round after beating Manuel Guinard 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-4 6-3). During the match Safiullin scored 69 points vs Guinard’s 61. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Safiullin struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Guinard 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Russian has a compiled 16-16 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 69-61 |
| Total Points | 92 | 130 |
| Winners | 22 | 30 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Murray and Safiullin played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Murray and Safiullin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Murray played 3 games less than Safiullin. Murray scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin struck 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 43/68 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 52% |
Murray bagged 8 aces . Safiullin scored 7 aces . Murray won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 70% of the points on 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 | Murray | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 38% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Andy broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Safiullin broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray | |||
| R1 Maden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Safiullin | |||
| R1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 69-61 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Rennes Challenger
- Liam BroadyBroady – Alessandro BegaBega (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Clement ChidekhChidekh – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Harold MayotMayot (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Dan AddedAdded (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Gilles SimonSimon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Go SoedaSoeda (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Gilles SimonSimon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Clement ChidekhChidekh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PouillePouille – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Liam BroadyBroady (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
