Alex Molcan and Nerman Fatic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PALAAGNELLI. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.25
Nerman Fatic -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Nerman Fatic
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Nerman Fatic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Molcan won 6-4 6-1 in the qualifications in Belgrade back in May 2021.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 114, Molcan reached the 2nd round after beating Nino Serdarusic 6-74 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Serdarusic, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-2). During the match, Molcan scored 95 points vs Serdarusic’s 81. Alex was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan made 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Molcan was very effective on serve to win 81% (46/57) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Serdarusic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Molcan has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (189-114). 3-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an overall15-19 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Liberec Challenger where he beat Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.
The Slovakian has a compiled 55-22 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Nerman Fatic
Ranked no. 328, Fatic got to the 2nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 7-65 6-4, Nino Serdarusic 7-66 7-5 and Mohamed Safwat 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-4 6-2). During the match Fatic scored 60 points vs Safwat’s 43. The Bosnian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Fatic fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nerman Fatic was quite effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nerman broke Safwat 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Bosnian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Prijedor.
Fatic has a compiled 31-21 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 66 |
| Pts | 95-81 | 218-187 |
| Total Points | 176 | 405 |
| Winners | 46 | 106 |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% |
Molcan played 1 match while Fatic competed in 3 matches. Fatic started his run from the qualifications while Molcan had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Molcan conceded 1 set while Nerman Fatic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Molcan has played 3 set(s) less than Fatic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Molcan played 35 games less than Fatic. The Slovakian scored 46 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Nerman made 106 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 57/85 | 139/210 |
| %1st in | 67% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 106/139 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 43/71 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 61% |
Molcan bagged 10 aces . Fatic bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Molcan won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 76% of the points behind 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 | Molcan | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 93% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Molcan broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alex pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Bosnian broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 95-81 | 95-81 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/85 | 57/85 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Fatic | |||||
| Q1 Bellucci |
Q3 Serdarusic |
R1 Safwat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-66 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 18 | 66 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 89-86 | 60-43 | 218-187 | |
| Total points | 127 | 175 | 103 | 405 | |
| Winners | 37 | 42 | 27 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% | 45% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/63 | 62/95 | 33/52 | 139/210 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 65% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/44 | 42/62 | 27/33 | 106/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 68% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 18/33 | 12/19 | 43/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 55% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 2/7 | 3/5 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 8/9 | 4/4 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 89% | 100% | 289% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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