Luca Nardi and Miljan Zekic will square off in the semifinal of the Barletta Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.41
Miljan Zekic -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Miljan Zekic

There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 232, Nardi reached the semifinal after beating Alexandre Muller 6-1 6-4, Marius Copil w/o and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Luca had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-2 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 58 points vs Blancaneaux’s 46. Nardi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nardi scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Luca Nardi conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 59% of his first serves in, win 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 85% (17/20) on the 2nd serve. Nardi broke Blancaneaux 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nardi hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Nardi has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 60% of his matches (59-40). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has a composed34-19 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

Luca’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.

Nardi has an aggregate 12-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Miljan Zekic

Ranked no. 355, Miljan got to the semifinal after defeating Sadio Doumbia 6-4 6-3, Alexandar Lazarov 6-1 6-3, Andrea Arnaboldi 2-6 6-4 6-0, Francesco Passaro 2-6 7-6¹⁰ 6-0 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Miljan had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 74 points vs Shevchenko’s 66. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Zekic struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Miljan Zekic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zekic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Zekic broke Shevchenko 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Miljan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Zekic’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Antalya.

Zekic has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2022, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2012. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nardi	Zekic
Match played	2	5
Tot Set	4	12
Tot Games	35	106
Pts	111-89	399-351
Total Points	200	750
Winners	47	172
%Winners	42%	43%

Nardi played 2 matches while Zekic competed in 5 matches. Zekic started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Miljan Zekic conceded 2 sets while Luca Nardi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nardi has played 8 set(s) less than Zekic (4 vs 12). Therefore, Nardi played 71 games less than Zekic. Luca scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian scored 172 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nardi	Zekic
Aces	5	16
Avg per match	2.5	3.2
1st in	62/100	239/381
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	47/62	172/239
%1st pts	76%	72%
2nd pts	27/38	55/142
%2nd pts	71%	39%

Nardi scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Zekic made 16 aces (3.2 per match). Nardi won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nardi	Zekic
Won	6	22
Converted	6/11	22/45
% Converted	55%	49%
Conceded	0	32
Saved	0	22
% Saved	0%	69%
Times Broken	0	10

Nardi broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nardi pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Miljan broke his opponents 22 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Nardi
	R1 Muller	R2 Copil	1/4 Blancaneaux	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	w/o	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	–	2	4
Tot Games	17	–	18	35
pts	53-43	–	58-46	111-89
Total points	96	–	104	200
Winners	27	–	20	47
%Winners	51%	–	34%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	–	1	5
Double Faults	0	–	0	0
1st in	33/51	–	29/49	62/100
% 1st in	65%	–	59%	62%
1st pts	27/33	–	20/29	47/62
% 1st pts	82%	–	69%	76%
2nd pts	10/18	–	17/20	27/38
% 2nd pts	56%	–	85%	71%
Breaks
Won	3	–	3	6
Converted	3/4	–	3/7	6/11
Converted %	75%	–	43%	55%
Conceded	0	–	0	0
Saved	0/0	–	0/0	0
Saved %	–	–	–	0%
Times Broken	0	–	0	0

Zekic
	Q1 Doumbia	Q3 Lazarov	R1 Arnaboldi	R2 Passaro	1/4 Shevchenko	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-1 6-3	2-6 6-4 6-0	2-6 7-610 6-0	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	2	12
Tot Games	19	16	24	27	20	106
pts	67-59	58-39	96-86	104-101	74-66	399-351
Total points	126	97	182	205	140	750
Winners	32	20	34	50	36	172
%Winners	48%	34%	35%	48%	49%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	7	3	2	16
Double Faults	1	0	4	6	2	13
1st in	46/63	24/49	45/80	76/112	48/77	239/381
% 1st in	73%	49%	56%	68%	62%	63%
1st pts	32/46	20/24	34/45	50/76	36/48	172/239
% 1st pts	70%	83%	76%	66%	75%	72%
2nd pts	7/17	13/25	13/35	11/36	11/29	55/142
% 2nd pts	41%	52%	37%	31%	38%	39%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	5	3	22
Converted	4/6	5/6	5/19	5/9	3/5	22/45
Converted %	67%	83%	26%	56%	60%	49%
Conceded	5	3	7	11	6	32
Saved	4/5	2/3	4/7	7/11	5/6	22
Saved %	80%	67%	57%	64%	83%	117%
Times Broken	1	1	3	4	1	10

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

• Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (1-6 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Miljan ZekicZekic – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Jelle SelsSels (5-7 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (1-6 7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Zdenek KolarKolar – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction