Norbert Gombos and Oriol Roca Batalla will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.5
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Oriol Roca Batalla

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Oriol Roca Batalla since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 110, Norbert reached the 2^nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-4 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 62 points vs Nava’s 52. Norbert was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Nava twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Gombos has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (338-268). 2-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a compiled 137-99 record in the last years on clay.

Gombos has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Murcia Challenger

Gombos has never competed in this tournament before.

Oriol Roca Batalla

Ranked no. 320, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (7-5 6-4). During the match Roca Batalla scored 69 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 56. Roca Batalla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Roca Batalla blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Oriol Roca Batalla was quite effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Roca Batalla broke Sanchez Jover 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Cairo and M25 Porec.

Roca Batalla has a composed 16-4 win-loss record in 2022, 16-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gombos	Roca Batalla
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	22
Pts	62-52	69-56
Total Points	114	125
Winners	28	28
%Winners	45%	41%

Both Gombos and Roca Batalla played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Roca Batalla have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gombos played 2 games less than Roca Batalla. Gombos scored 28 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gombos	Roca Batalla
Aces	3	5
Avg per match	3	5
1st in	33/59	38/63
%1st in	56%	60%
1st pts	28/33	28/38
%1st pts	85%	74%
2nd pts	15/26	14/25
%2nd pts	58%	56%

Gombos struck 3 aces . Roca Batalla made 5 aces . Gombos won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gombos	Roca Batalla
Won	2	4
Converted	2/4	4/9
% Converted	50%	44%
Conceded	1	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	2

The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Gombos very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Oriol broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Oriol conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
	R1 Nava	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	62-52	62-52
Total points	114	114
Winners	28	28
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	33/59	33/59
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	28/33	28/33
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	15/26	15/26
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Roca Batalla
	R1 Sanchez Jover	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	69-56	69-56
Total points	125	125
Winners	28	28
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	38/63	38/63
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	28/38	28/38
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	14/25	14/25
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger

• Lukas KleinKlein – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nicola KuhnKuhn (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (3-6 7-6³ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Miguel DamasDamas – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-7⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher HeymanHeyman – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Johan NiklesNikles (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Norbert GombosGombos – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro CachinCachin – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction