Joao Sousa and N.Sriram Balaji will play each other in the 2nd round of the Alicante Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.24
N.Sriram Balaji -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. N.Sriram Balaji
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and N.Sriram Balaji since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 182, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Viola 6-1 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Viola (6-1 7-65). During the match, Sousa scored 82 points vs Viola’s 67. Sousa was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Joao Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Viola 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Sousa has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (304-295). 7-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sousa has a composed 77-95 record in the last years on hard.
The Portuguese has a composed 16-26 win-loss record in 2021, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Alicante Challenger
Joao has never competed in this tournament before.
N.Sriram Balaji
Currently unranked, Balaji reached the 2nd round after beating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-65 7-64, Alex Lawson 6-3 6-3 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Alvarez Varona, N.Sriram recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Balaji scored 94 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 87. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Balaji made 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, N.Sriram Balaji was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (47/56) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. N.Sriram broke Alvarez Varona twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Balaji has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Balaji |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 76 |
| Pts | 82-67 | 245-210 |
| Total Points | 149 | 455 |
| Winners | 27 | 117 |
| %Winners | 33% | 48% |
Sousa played 1 match while Balaji competed in 3 matches. Balaji started his run from the qualifications while Sousa had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, N.Sriram Balaji dropped 1 set while Joao Sousa hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sousa has played 5 set(s) less than Balaji (2 vs 7). Therefore, Sousa played 56 games less than Balaji. Joao scored 27 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian scored 117 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Balaji |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 11 |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 139/214 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 117/139 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 46/75 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Sousa bagged 2 aces . Balaji blasted 33 aces (11 per match). Sousa won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Balaji won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Balaji |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 31% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Joao broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Balaji broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Viola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 82-67 | 82-67 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Balaji | |||||
| Q1 Moreno De Alboran |
Q3 Lawson |
R1 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-64 | 6-3 6-3 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 32 | 76 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 67-50 | 94-87 | 245-210 | |
| Total points | 157 | 117 | 181 | 455 | |
| Winners | 41 | 29 | 47 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 6 | 12 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 35/52 | 56/86 | 139/214 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/48 | 29/35 | 47/56 | 117/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 83% | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 10/17 | 17/30 | 46/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 59% | 57% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 38% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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