Peter Polansky and Emilio Nava will face off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.
Emilio Nava -> 1.43
Peter Polansky -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Peter Polansky vs. Emilio Nava
There is no head to head record between Peter Polansky and Emilio Nava since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Peter Polansky
Ranked no. 280, Peter got to the 2nd round after defeating Tennys Sandgren 3-6 7-63 7-64.
In the 1st round against Sandgren, Polansky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 7-64).-108) than Sandgren. In fact, the world no. 280 won 108 points vs Sandgren’s. That means that Polansky was more focused during the important points. Peter was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polansky managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Peter Polansky was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (51/71) of his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Polansky has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (328-273). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polansky has a composed 52-39 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Peter’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
Polansky has an overall 14-24 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2013 and 2016. See his history.
Emilio Nava
Ranked no. 332 (career-high), Emilio got to the 2nd round after beating Donald Young 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Young (6-3 6-2). During the match Nava scored 61 points vs Young’s 43. Emilio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Nava made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Nava was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Emilio broke Young 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 La Nucia and M25 Reus.
The American has an overall 39-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polansky | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 17 |
| Pts | 108-114 | 61-43 |
| Total Points | 222 | 104 |
| Winners | 51 | 27 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Polansky and Nava played 1 match. At the moment, Peter Polansky lost 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Polansky has played 1 set more than Nava (3 vs 2). Therefore, Polansky played 18 games more than Nava. The Canadian scored 51 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio fired 27 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polansky | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9 |
| 1st in | 71/114 | 35/56 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 51/71 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 25/43 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 62% |
Polansky struck 9 aces . Nava scored 9 aces . Polansky won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polansky | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 3 |
| Converted | 0/7 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 0% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 88% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Polansky hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Canadian dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Polansky | |||
| R1 Sandgren | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 108-114 | 108-114 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 71/114 | 71/114 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 51/71 | 51/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/7 | 0/7 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nava | |||
| R1 Young | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 61-43 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 2-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Blaz RolaRola (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack SockSock – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Christian HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction