Ilya Ivashka and James Duckworth will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Astana Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilya Ivashka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.32
James Duckworth -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. James Duckworth
This will be the 3rd time that Ilya Ivashka and James Duckworth face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ivashka and Duckworth (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Ivashka won 2-6 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in Halle back in June 2021.
Ilya Ivashka
Ranked no. 52 (career-high), Ilya got to the semifinal after defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-4, Timofey Skatov 6-2 6-3 and Emil Ruusuvuori 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter against Ruusuvuori, The Belarussian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Ivashka scored 101 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 95. Ivashka was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ivashka managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ivashka put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (10/34) on the 2nd serve. Ilya broke Ruusuvuori 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ivashka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Ivashka has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (320-193). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ivashka has an aggregate77-47 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Salem where he overcame Mikael Ymer in the final 6-0 6-2.
Ilya has an aggregate 40-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Ilya has never competed in this tournament before.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 65 (career-high), the Australian got to the semifinal after beating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-63 6-1, Filip Krajinovic 7-62 6-3 and John Millman 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Duckworth had a good straight sets win against Millman (6-4 6-4). During the match Duckworth scored 69 points vs Millman’s 61. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Duckworth managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Millman 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Duckworth started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Istanbul 2 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-2.
James has an overall 29-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nur-Sultan
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivashka | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 62 |
| Pts | 235-196 | 206-170 |
| Total Points | 431 | 376 |
| Winners | 93 | 82 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Ivashka and Duckworth played 3 matches. At the moment, Ilya Ivashka dropped 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ivashka has played 1 set more than Duckworth (7 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (62). The Belarussian scored 93 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, James struck 82 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivashka | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 136/203 | 100/181 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 93/136 | 82/100 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 29/67 | 49/81 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 60% |
Ivashka recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Duckworth managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Ivashka won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Duckworth won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivashka | Duckworth |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 9 |
| Converted | 16/38 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 42% | 60% |
| Conceded | 22 | 14 |
| Saved | 15 | 12 |
| % Saved | 68% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
The Belarussian broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belarussian dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. James broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivashka | |||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Skatov |
1/4 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 27 | 62 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 65-43 | 101-95 | 235-196 | |
| Total points | 127 | 108 | 196 | 431 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 45 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% | 45% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 35/49 | 62/96 | 136/203 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 71% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/39 | 25/35 | 45/62 | 93/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 71% | 73% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 7/14 | 10/34 | 29/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 50% | 29% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/8 | 6/16 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 63% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 0/2 | 8/11 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 0% | 73% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Duckworth | |||||
| R1 Kukushkin |
R2 Krajinovic |
1/4 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 20 | 62 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 69-56 | 69-61 | 206-170 | |
| Total points | 121 | 125 | 130 | 376 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 29 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 31/54 | 37/71 | 100/181 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 52% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 27/31 | 29/37 | 82/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 87% | 78% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 18/23 | 18/34 | 49/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 78% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 88% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Nur
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Laslo DjereDjere (7-64 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – John MillmanMillman (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
