Stefano Travaglia and Sumit Nagal will square off in the semifinal of the Sibiu Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Stefano Travaglia who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Travaglia is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Travaglia -> 1.43
Sumit Nagal -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Sumit Nagal
This will be the 4th time that Stefano Travaglia and Sumit Nagal play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Travaglia (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Travaglia won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Szczecin Challenger back in September 2021.
Stefano Travaglia
Ranked no. 97, Travaglia reached the semifinal after defeating Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-3, Yan Bondarevskiy 6-3 6-2 and Zdenek Kolar 6-0 5-7 7-66.
In the quarter, The Italian defeated Kolar (6-0 5-7 7-66). During the match, Travaglia scored 114 points vs Kolar’s 97. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Travaglia bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (27/47) on the 2nd serve. Travaglia broke Kolar 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Travaglia has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (370-202). 15-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Travaglia has an overall 290-133 record in the last years on clay.
Stefano’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Melbourne.
The Italian has an overall 23-24 win-loss record in 2021, 15-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Sumit Nagal
Ranked no. 212, Sumit reached the semifinal after defeating Lucas Miedler 6-3 6-1, Jiri Lehecka 7-5 6-3 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-63 6-3.
In the quarter, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-63 6-3). During the match Nagal scored 75 points vs Blancaneaux’s 69. Nagal was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Nagal was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 78% of his first serves in, winning 61% (35/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nagal started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Sumit has a compiled 23-25 win-loss record in 2021, 22-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Travaglia | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 59 |
| Pts | 235-191 | 216-176 |
| Total Points | 426 | 392 |
| Winners | 80 | 86 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Travaglia and Nagal played 3 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia lost 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Travaglia has played 1 set more than Nagal (7 vs 6). Therefore, Travaglia played 7 games more than Nagal. Stefano scored 80 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit managed to score 86 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Travaglia | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 106/212 | 132/179 |
| %1st in | 50% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 80/106 | 86/132 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 56/106 | 31/47 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 66% |
Travaglia fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Nagal scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Travaglia won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Travaglia | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 13 |
| Converted | 15/30 | 13/33 |
| % Converted | 50% | 39% |
| Conceded | 22 | 15 |
| Saved | 16 | 11 |
| % Saved | 73% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Travaglia broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Sumit broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Travaglia | |||||
| R1 Rosol |
R2 Bondarevskiy |
1/4 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 5-7 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 31 | 66 | |
| pts | 60-50 | 61-44 | 114-97 | 235-191 | |
| Total points | 110 | 105 | 211 | 426 | |
| Winners | 19 | 24 | 37 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 27/58 | 26/54 | 53/100 | 106/212 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 48% | 53% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 24/26 | 37/53 | 80/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 92% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 13/28 | 27/47 | 56/106 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 | 6/15 | 15/30 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 57% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/5 | 8/12 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| Nagal | |||||
| R1 Miedler |
R2 Lehecka |
1/4 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 22 | 59 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 74-61 | 75-69 | 216-176 | |
| Total points | 113 | 135 | 144 | 392 | |
| Winners | 20 | 31 | 35 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 42% | 47% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 48/62 | 57/73 | 132/179 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 77% | 78% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 31/48 | 35/57 | 86/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 65% | 61% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 13/14 | 8/16 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 93% | 50% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/15 | 4/5 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 27% | 80% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/6 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 75% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Sumit NagalNagal – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-0 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Sumit NagalNagal (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
