Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the 2nd round of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.28
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 3.50
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Prediction and head to head Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Sibiu Challenger back in 2019.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-29 | 1-4 | 16-22 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-29 | 1-9 | 20-13 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 2-6 | 35-18 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-28 | 6-5 | 23-10 | 8-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 16-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Zapata Miralles had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-3 6-1). During the match, Zapata Miralles scored 62 points vs Ajdukovic’s 41. Bernabe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zapata Miralles couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Zapata Miralles broke Ajdukovic 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Zapata Miralles has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (282-203). 1-2 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zapata Miralles has an aggregate203-114 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Zapata Miralles has an aggregate 4-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-33 | 2-2 | 24-30 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 300, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the 2nd round after defeating Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan 7-63 6-0, Elmar Ejupovic 6-1 6-4 and Francesco Maestrelli 7-5 1-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nikolas defeated Maestrelli (7-5 1-6 6-2). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 103 points vs Maestrelli’s 102. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 72% of his first serves in, winning 59% (43/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Maestrelli 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Nikolas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villena.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zapata Miralles | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 63 |
| Pts | 62-41 | 257-212 |
| Total Points | 103 | 469 |
| Winners | 19 | 100 |
| %Winners | 31% | 39% |
Zapata Miralles played 1 match while Sanchez-Izquierdo competed in 3 matches. Sanchez-Izquierdo started his run from the qualifications while Zapata Miralles had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo dropped 1 set while Bernabe Zapata Miralles hasn’t lost a set so far. Zapata Miralles has played 5 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (2 vs 7). Therefore, Zapata Miralles played 47 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Bernabe scored 19 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 100 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zapata Miralles | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 146/218 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 100/146 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 37/72 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 51% |
Zapata Miralles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Zapata Miralles won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zapata Miralles | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 55% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 28 |
| Saved | 1 | 23 |
| % Saved | 33% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Bernabe broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Zapata Miralles dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zapata Miralles | |||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 62-41 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||||
| Q1 Nedunchezhiyan |
Q3 Ejupovic |
R1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 27 | 63 | |
| pts | 78-53 | 76-57 | 103-102 | 257-212 | |
| Total points | 131 | 133 | 205 | 469 | |
| Winners | 30 | 27 | 43 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 39/62 | 73/102 | 146/218 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 27/39 | 43/73 | 100/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 69% | 59% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/23 | 12/29 | 37/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 61% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/12 | 6/11 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 33% | 55% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 21 | 28 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/5 | 16/21 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 76% | 276% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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