Flavio Cobolli and Pavel Kotov will face off in the 2nd round of the Forli 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CAMPO CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.68
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and Pavel Kotov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Cobolli won 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Barletta Challenger back in August 2021.
Flavio Cobolli
Ranked no. 208 (career-high), Cobolli got to the 2nd round after beating Andrea Arnaboldi 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Arnaboldi, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Cobolli scored less points (1) than Arnaboldi. In fact, the world no. 208 won 90 points vs Arnaboldi’s. That means that Cobolli was more focused during the important points. Flavio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cobolli fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 55% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/43) on the 2nd serve. Flavio broke Arnaboldi 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Cobolli has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (55-42). 1-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cobolli has an aggregate1-6 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Cobolli’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Rome 2 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Flavio has an aggregate 45-29 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 2 Challenger
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 270, Pavel reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Masur 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Masur (7-5 6-4). During the match Kotov scored 81 points vs Masur’s 60. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Pavel Kotov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kotov broke Masur 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Kotov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 4 Challenger.
Pavel has a compiled 24-24 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 |
| Pts | 90-91 | 81-60 |
| Total Points | 181 | 141 |
| Winners | 38 | 32 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Cobolli and Kotov played 1 match. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli dropped 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set more than Kotov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cobolli played 4 games more than Kotov. Cobolli scored 38 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov struck 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 9 |
| 1st in | 53/96 | 38/54 |
| %1st in | 55% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 32/38 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | 11/16 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 69% |
Cobolli struck 4 aces . Kotov struck 9 aces . Cobolli won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/14 |
| % Converted | 44% | 21% |
| Conceded | 13 | 2 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 69% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Cobolli broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Flavio surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | |||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 90-91 | 90-91 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/96 | 53/96 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | 17/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-60 | 81-60 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 32/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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