Liam Broady and Illya Marchenko will face off in the 2nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on PALAAGNELLI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Illya Marchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Illya Marchenko is the pick to win this match.
Illya Marchenko -> 1.79
Liam Broady -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Illya Marchenko
This will be the 3rd time that Liam Broady and Illya Marchenko play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Broady won 6-3 7-6(2) in the semifinal in the Biella 3 Challenger back in March 2021.
Liam Broady
Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Liam reached the 2nd round after defeating Danilo Petrovic 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Liam defeated Petrovic (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Broady scored 85 points vs Petrovic’s 76. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Broady made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Liam Broady was very efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brit broke Petrovic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Broady has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (358-255). 12-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has an aggregate 84-60 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Biel Challenger where he beat Marc-Andrea Huesler in the final 7-5 6-3.
Broady has a composed 41-23 win-loss record in 2021, 12-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
Illya Marchenko
Ranked no. 154, Illya got to the 2nd round after beating Luca Nardi 7-61 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marchenko had a good straight sets win against Nardi (7-61 6-4). During the match Marchenko scored 78 points vs Nardi’s 62. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Marchenko managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Illya Marchenko was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Illya broke Nardi twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Biella 1 Challenger where he overcame Andy Murray in the final 6-2 6-4.
Illya has an overall 37-25 win-loss record in 2021, 26-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 |
| Pts | 85-76 | 78-62 |
| Total Points | 161 | 140 |
| Winners | 35 | 29 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both Broady and Marchenko played 1 match. At the moment, Liam Broady lost 1 set while Illya Marchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Broady has played 1 set more than Marchenko (3 vs 2). Therefore, Broady played 4 games more than Marchenko. Liam scored 35 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian struck 29 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7 |
| 1st in | 46/81 | 36/60 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 18/24 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 75% |
Broady bagged 10 aces . Marchenko struck 7 aces . Broady won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Marchenko won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Marchenko |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 22% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Liam broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Marchenko broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Petrovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 85-76 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/81 | 46/81 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marchenko | |||
| R1 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger
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- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Maxime JanvierJanvier (5-7 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Luca PotenzaPotenza (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-74 7-65) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Luca NardiNardi (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Maxime JanvierJanvier (5-7 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (7-6(4) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Federico GaioGaio – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Mathias BourgueBourgue (1-1) – H2H and prediction
