Luciano Darderi and Nicolas Alvarez Varona will face off in the 2nd round of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.7
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona
This will be the 3rd time that Luciano Darderi and Nicolas Alvarez Varona square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Darderi won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Sao Paulo Challenger back in December 2021.
Luciano Darderi
Ranked no. 343, Darderi got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedja Krstin 6-2 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Krstin (6-2 7-66). During the match, Darderi scored 78 points vs Krstin’s 61. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Darderi bagged 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve once. Furthermore, Darderi put 61% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Luciano broke Krstin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Darderi has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (57-28). 20-5 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Darderi has a compiled20-5 match record in the last 3 years on hard.
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Novi Sad and the Sao Paulo Challenger.
Darderi has an aggregate 48-18 win-loss record in 2021, 20-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
Darderi has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
Ranked no. 371, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alvarez defeated Diaz Acosta (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match Alvarez scored 94 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 78. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Alvarez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Alvarez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Diaz Acosta 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Nicolas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Alkmaar and M25 Santander.
The Spaniard has a compiled 37-25 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 |
| Pts | 78-61 | 94-78 |
| Total Points | 139 | 172 |
| Winners | 34 | 38 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Darderi and Alvarez played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Alvarez Varona dropped 1 set while Luciano Darderi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Darderi has played 1 set(s) less than Alvarez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Darderi played 7 games less than Alvarez. Luciano scored 34 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas struck 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 1 |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 55/88 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 38/55 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 64% |
Darderi managed to score 14 aces . Alvarez managed to score 1 ace . Darderi won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alvarez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Alvarez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Luciano broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Luciano surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alvarez broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alvarez conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | |||
| R1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 78-61 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/67 | 41/67 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alvarez | |||
| R1 Diaz Acosta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 94-78 | 94-78 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/55 | 38/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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