Roberto Bautista Agut and Mackenzie Mcdonald will square off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.64
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald
This will be the 2nd time that Roberto Bautista Agut and Mackenzie Mcdonald square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bautista-Agut (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Bautista-Agut won 3-6 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2018.
Roberto Bautista Agut
Ranked no. 20, the Spaniard will start his run in St. Petersburg after he played his last match in Antwerp where he lost 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 to Fucsovics in the 2nd round on the 21st of October.
The Spaniard has a composed 28-23 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Roberto’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Montpellier and Doha.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 612-365 record. He has a positive 112-68 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Mackenzie Mcdonald
Ranked no. 56, Mackenzie got to the 2nd round after beating Egor Gerasimov 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (7-5 6-4). During the match Mcdonald scored 69 points vs Gerasimov’s 56. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Mcdonald blasted 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mackenzie Mcdonald was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Gerasimov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger where he defeated Jurij Rodionov in the final 6-1 6-2.
Mcdonald has an aggregate 42-23 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWLLW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pablo AndujarAndujar (2-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Tommy PaulPaul (1-2) – H2H and prediction
