Emilio Nava and Evan Zhu will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 11. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.31
Evan Zhu -> 3.45

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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Evan Zhu

There is no head to head record between Emilio Nava and Evan Zhu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 358, Emilio reached the 2^nd round after beating Tennys Sandgren 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-3 6-4). During the match, Nava scored 67 points vs Sandgren’s 54. Emilio was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nava struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Emilio Nava lost the serve once. Furthermore, Nava put 70% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Nava broke Sandgren 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Nava has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (89-52). 6-3 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nava has an overall41-17 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

The American has an overall 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Evan Zhu

Ranked no. 495, Zhu reached the 2^nd round after defeating Petros Tsitsipas 6-1 6-1, Alibek Kachmazov 7-6⁵ 6-1 and Denis Istomin 6-1 3-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Zhu defeated Istomin (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Zhu scored 90 points vs Istomin’s 69. Evan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Evan Zhu was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Istomin 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Evan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Naples and M15 Sunrise.

The American has a composed 25-10 win-loss record in 2022, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nava	Zhu
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	19	57
Pts	67-54	223-166
Total Points	121	389
Winners	26	78
%Winners	39%	35%

Nava played 1 match while Zhu competed in 3 matches. Zhu started his run from the qualifications while Nava had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Evan Zhu conceded 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nava has played 5 set(s) less than Zhu (2 vs 7). Therefore, Nava played 38 games less than Zhu. The American scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zhu scored 78 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nava	Zhu
Aces	4	11
Avg per match	4	3.7
1st in	32/46	102/176
%1st in	70%	58%
1st pts	26/32	78/102
%1st pts	81%	76%
2nd pts	6/14	47/74
%2nd pts	43%	64%

Nava made 4 aces . Zhu fired 11 aces (3.7 per match). Nava won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Zhu won 76% of the points behind 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	Nava	Zhu
Won	4	11
Converted	4/10	11/34
% Converted	40%	32%
Conceded	1	9
Saved	0	8
% Saved	0%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Nava broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Emilio surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Evan broke his opponents 11 times with a 32% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.

Nava
	R1 Sandgren	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-54	67-54
Total points	121	121
Winners	26	26
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	32/46	32/46
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	26/32	26/32
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	6/14	6/14
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Zhu
	Q1 Tsitsipas	Q3 Kachmazov	R1 Istomin	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	7-65 6-1	6-1 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	14	20	23	57
pts	62-39	71-58	90-69	223-166
Total points	101	129	159	389
Winners	19	28	31	78
%Winners	31%	39%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	4	11
Double Faults	2	3	4	9
1st in	29/43	31/61	42/72	102/176
% 1st in	67%	51%	58%	58%
1st pts	19/29	28/31	31/42	78/102
% 1st pts	66%	90%	74%	76%
2nd pts	11/14	17/30	19/30	47/74
% 2nd pts	79%	57%	63%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	2	4	11
Converted	5/13	2/9	4/12	11/34
Converted %	38%	22%	33%	32%
Conceded	3	0	6	9
Saved	3/3	0/0	5/6	8
Saved %	100%	–	83%	183%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Shymkent 1 Challenger

• Antoine BellierBellier – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 6-7⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Evan ZhuZhu – Denis IstominIstomin (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Robin HaaseHaase (5-7 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Grigoriy LomakinLomakin (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Yshai OlielOliel (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Antoine BellierBellier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ulises BlanchBlanch – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emilio NavaNava – Evan ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (1-0) – H2H and prediction