Facundo Diaz Acosta and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco will play each other in the semifinal of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 am on COURT DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.42
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Ranked no. 338, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Lautaro Midon 7-5 6-3, Mariano Navone 6-3 6-2 and Gonzalo Villanueva 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 65 points vs Villanueva’s 47. Diaz Acosta was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Villanueva 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Facundo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Diaz Acosta has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (102-65). 3-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has an overall85-52 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Argentine has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

Ranked no. 896 (career-high), the Bolivian reached the semifinal after beating Leonardo Lopez Linquet 6-4 6-1, Conner Huertas Del Pino 6-3 6-3, Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-2, Tomas Lipovsek Puches 6-1 6-1 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a good straight sets win against Andres Burruchaga (6-3 6-1). During the match Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 57 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 38. The Bolivian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco was very effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bolivian broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alejandro Dellien Velasco started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.

The Bolivian has a compiled 5-0 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

The Bolivian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diaz Acosta	Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	55	82
Pts	207-153	300-199
Total Points	360	499
Winners	69	110
%Winners	33%	37%

Diaz Acosta played 3 matches while Alejandro Dellien Velasco competed in 5 matches. Alejandro Dellien Velasco started his run from the qualifications while Diaz Acosta had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Diaz Acosta has played 4 set(s) less than Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6 vs 10). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 27 games less than Alejandro Dellien Velasco. Diaz Acosta scored 69 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Murkel blasted 110 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diaz Acosta	Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	1	2.6
1st in	100/187	141/247
%1st in	53%	57%
1st pts	69/100	110/141
%1st pts	69%	78%
2nd pts	43/87	63/106
%2nd pts	49%	59%

Diaz Acosta scored 3 aces (1 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco blasted 13 aces (2.6 per match). Diaz Acosta won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diaz Acosta	Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Won	16	22
Converted	16/32	22/36
% Converted	50%	61%
Conceded	25	12
Saved	17	8
% Saved	68%	67%
Times Broken	8	4

Diaz Acosta broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Bolivian broke his opponents 22 times with a 61% conversion rate. Murkel conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Diaz Acosta
	R1 Midon	R2 Navone	1/4 Villanueva	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	17	17	55
pts	79-64	63-42	65-47	207-153
Total points	143	105	112	360
Winners	25	21	23	69
%Winners	32%	33%	35%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	2	3
Double Faults	5	3	4	12
1st in	38/72	31/58	31/57	100/187
% 1st in	53%	53%	54%	53%
1st pts	25/38	21/31	23/31	69/100
% 1st pts	66%	68%	74%	69%
2nd pts	16/34	15/27	12/26	43/87
% 2nd pts	47%	56%	46%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	5	5	16
Converted	6/11	5/10	5/11	16/32
Converted %	55%	50%	45%	50%
Conceded	10	7	8	25
Saved	6/10	5/7	6/8	17
Saved %	60%	71%	75%	69%
Times Broken	4	2	2	8

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
	Q1 Lopez Linquet	Q3 Huertas Del Pino	R1 Andreozzi	R2 Lipovsek Puches	1/4 Andres Burruchaga	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-1 6-1	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	17	18	17	14	16	82
pts	68-46	62-45	62-44	51-26	57-38	300-199
Total points	114	107	106	77	95	499
Winners	23	24	25	20	18	110
%Winners	34%	39%	40%	39%	32%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	7	0	1	13
Double Faults	5	2	2	3	1	13
1st in	33/63	31/50	32/53	24/38	21/43	141/247
% 1st in	52%	62%	60%	63%	49%	57%
1st pts	23/33	24/31	25/32	20/24	18/21	110/141
% 1st pts	70%	77%	78%	83%	86%	78%
2nd pts	16/30	12/19	14/21	7/14	14/22	63/106
% 2nd pts	53%	63%	67%	50%	64%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	6	4	22
Converted	5/5	4/8	3/7	6/9	4/7	22/36
Converted %	100%	50%	43%	67%	57%	61%
Conceded	6	3	1	2	0	12
Saved	4/6	2/3	1/1	1/2	0/0	8
Saved %	67%	67%	100%	50%	–	95%
Times Broken	2	1	0	1	0	4

Tennis Scores in Buenos Aires Challenger

• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gonzalo LamaLama – Jose PereiraPereira (6-7¹ 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Gonzalo LamaLama – Jose PereiraPereira (6-7(1) 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-5 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gonzalo LamaLama – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-1) – H2H and prediction