Nikoloz Basilashvili and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina will play each other in the 2nd round of the Moselle Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.74
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
There is no head to head record between Nikoloz Basilashvili and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 36, Basilashvili reached the 2nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, Nikoloz had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-3 7-65). During the match, Basilashvili scored 74 points vs Mager’s 61. Basilashvili was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basilashvili recorded 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Georgean broke Mager once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Basilashvili has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (328-255). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has an overall 45-49 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Doha where he overcame Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2 and in in Munich where he defeated Jan-Lennard Struff in the final 6-4 7-6(5).
The Georgean has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Metz
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 45, Alejandro got to the 2nd round after defeating Gilles Simon 6-74 7-62 6-2.
In the 1st round against Simon, Davidovich Fokina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-62 6-2). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 120 points vs Simon’s 110. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Davidovich Fokina made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Davidovich Fokina put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (49/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Simon 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Alejandro’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.
Davidovich Fokina has an overall 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 120-110 |
| Total Points | 135 | 230 |
| Winners | 32 | 49 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Basilashvili and Davidovich Fokina played 1 match. At the moment, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina surrendered 1 set while Nikoloz Basilashvili hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Basilashvili has played 1 set(s) less than Davidovich Fokina (2 vs 3). Therefore, Basilashvili played 12 games less than Davidovich Fokina. Basilashvili scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 49 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 75/119 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 49/75 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 55% |
Basilashvili blasted 11 aces . Davidovich Fokina struck 2 aces . Basilashvili won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Davidovich Fokina won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Davidovich Fokina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 25% | 38% |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Nikoloz broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Georgean pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Davidovich Fokina broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Davidovich Fokina conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R1 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 32/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Davidovich Fokina | |||
| R1 Simon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 120-110 | 120-110 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 75/119 | 75/119 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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