Radu Albot and Aldin Setkic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 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 Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.22
Aldin Setkic -> 4.00
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Aldin Setkic
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Aldin Setkic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Radu Albot
Ranked no. 105, Albot reached the 2nd round after beating Matthew Ebden 6-4 1-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Moldovan defeated Ebden (6-4 1-6 6-1). During the match, Albot scored 79 points vs Ebden’s 66. Radu was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Albot scored just 1 ace and he committed only 7 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 55% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Ebden 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Albot has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (374-281). 4-8 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Albot has an aggregate 173-107 record in the last years on hard.
Radu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Singapore.
Albot has an overall 11-19 win-loss record in 2021, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2012 and 2015. See his history.
Aldin Setkic
Ranked no. 445, Setkic reached the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-3, Elmar Ejupovic 7-64 6-710 6-3 and Vlad Victor Cornea 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Setkic had a good straight sets win against Victor Cornea (6-4 6-2). During the match Setkic scored 58 points vs Victor Cornea’s 42. Setkic was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Setkic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aldin Setkic was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Setkic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Victor Cornea 4 times.
The Bosnian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sibenik and M15 Prijedor.
Aldin has an overall 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 72 |
| Pts | 79-66 | 240-201 |
| Total Points | 145 | 441 |
| Winners | 31 | 109 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Albot played 1 match while Setkic competed in 3 matches. Setkic started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot dropped 1 set, while Aldin Setkic lost 1 set. Albot has played 4 set(s) less than Setkic (3 vs 7). Therefore, Albot played 48 games less than Setkic. Albot scored 31 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Aldin managed to score 109 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 153/218 |
| %1st in | 55% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 109/153 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 44/65 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 68% |
Albot managed to score 1 ace . Setkic also managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Albot won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Setkic won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Albot broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Albot lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Aldin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Ebden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 36/65 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 31/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Setkic | |||||
| Q1 Uchida |
Q3 Ejupovic |
R1 Victor Cornea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-64 6-710 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 18 | 72 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 117-108 | 58-42 | 240-201 | |
| Total points | 116 | 225 | 100 | 441 | |
| Winners | 25 | 59 | 25 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 12 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/55 | 78/111 | 32/52 | 153/218 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 70% | 62% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 59/78 | 25/32 | 109/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 76% | 78% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 22/33 | 12/20 | 44/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 67% | 60% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 1/7 | 4/4 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 14% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 234% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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