Pedro Sakamoto and Johan Nikles will play each other in the 2nd round of the Ambato Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sakamoto -> 1.61
Johan Nikles -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sakamoto vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Pedro Sakamoto and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pedro Sakamoto
Ranked no. 325,he will start his run in the Ambato Challenger after he played his last match in the Ambato Challenger where he overcame 6-3 6-4 to Gonzalez in the 1st round on the 21st of September.
Sakamoto has an overall 17-17 win-loss record in 2021, 16-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Pedro’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Medellin.
Talking about his overall career, Sakamoto has an overall 325-222 record. He has a positive 303-198 record on clay.
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 410, Johan got to the 2nd round after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 7-5 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (7-5 7-67). During the match Nikles scored 83 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 77. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Johan broke Martin Tiffon 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Johan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Majadahonda and M15 Genova.
The Swiss has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2021, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 |
| Pts | 60-48 | 83-77 |
| Total Points | 108 | 160 |
| Winners | 31 | 36 |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% |
Both Sakamoto and Nikles played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sakamoto and Nikles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sakamoto played 6 games less than Nikles. Pedro scored 31 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Nikles bagged 36 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 53/82 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 36/53 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 52% |
Sakamoto scored 4 aces . Nikles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sakamoto won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 68% 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 | Sakamoto | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Pedro broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Sakamoto was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Johan broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Nikles conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakamoto | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | – | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | NAN% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Nikles | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-77 | 83-77 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 53/82 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | INF% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Daniel Espin PerezEspin Perez (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
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