Vasil Kirkov and Liam Draxl will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA LA AFICION. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasil Kirkov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasil Kirkov is the pick to win this match.
Vasil Kirkov -> 1.74
Liam Draxl -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Vasil Kirkov vs. Liam Draxl
This will be the 2nd time that Vasil Kirkov and Liam Draxl square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kirkov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kirkov won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in M15 Tallahassee back in October 2021.
Vasil Kirkov
Ranked no. 491 (career-high), Vasil reached the qualifications after defeating Ivar Aramburu Contreras 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Vasil had a good straight sets win against Jose Aramburu Contreras (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kirkov scored 66 points vs Jose Aramburu Contreras’s 40. Kirkov was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kirkov bagged 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Vasil Kirkov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kirkov put 81% of his first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. Kirkov broke Jose Aramburu Contreras 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Kirkov has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (160-105). 2-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kirkov has a compiled92-54 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Tallahassee.
Vasil has an aggregate 28-14 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Kirkov has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
Ranked no. 714, Liam got to the qualifications after defeating Dennis Novikov 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Liam had a good straight sets win against Novikov (6-3 6-1). During the match Draxl scored 63 points vs Novikov’s 36. Draxl was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Draxl scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Draxl was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian broke Novikov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Draxl’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Weston,M15 Naples and M15 Vero Beach.
The Canadian has a composed 16-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kirkov | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 |
| Pts | 66-40 | 63-36 |
| Total Points | 106 | 99 |
| Winners | 28 | 24 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Kirkov and Draxl played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kirkov and Draxl have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kirkov played 1 game less than Draxl. Kirkov scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian bagged 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kirkov | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 46/57 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 81% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 24/29 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 65% |
Kirkov fired 3 aces . Draxl made 1 ace . Kirkov won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kirkov | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 71% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Vasil lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Draxl was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Kirkov | |||
| Q1 Jose Aramburu Contreras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-40 | 66-40 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/57 | 46/57 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Draxl | |||
| Q1 Novikov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-36 | 63-36 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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