Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Ulises Blanch will face off in the 2^nd round of the Shymkent 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT 11. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.66
Ulises Blanch -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Ulises Blanch

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Ranked no. 276, Alvarez Varona reached the 2^nd round after beating Aleksandre Metreveli 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alvarez Varona had a good straight sets win against Metreveli (6-3 6-1). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 57 points vs Metreveli’s 36. Alvarez Varona was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alvarez Varona bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was very effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alvarez Varona broke Metreveli 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (132-90). 7-9 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alvarez Varona has a compiled61-49 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Spaniard has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2022, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Shymkent 1 Challenger

Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.

Ulises Blanch

Ranked no. 338, Blanch reached the 2^nd round after defeating Yshai Oliel 7-5 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, Ulises had a good straight sets win against Oliel (7-5 7-6⁵). During the match Blanch scored 84 points vs Oliel’s 80. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch bagged 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (39/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Oliel 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Ulises has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alvarez Varona	Blanch
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	25
Pts	57-36	84-80
Total Points	93	164
Winners	24	39
%Winners	42%	46%

Both Alvarez Varona and Blanch played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Alvarez Varona and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Alvarez Varona played 9 games less than Blanch. Alvarez Varona scored 24 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 39 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alvarez Varona	Blanch
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	5	6
1st in	29/45	49/81
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	24/29	39/49
%1st pts	83%	80%
2nd pts	9/16	14/32
%2nd pts	56%	44%

Alvarez Varona recorded 5 aces . Blanch blasted 6 aces . Alvarez Varona won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alvarez Varona	Blanch
Won	4	3
Converted	4/6	3/7
% Converted	67%	43%
Conceded	0	6
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	2

Alvarez Varona broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nicolas had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Blanch broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Alvarez Varona
	R1 Metreveli	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	57-36	57-36
Total points	93	93
Winners	24	24
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	29/45	29/45
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	24/29	24/29
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	9/16	9/16
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Blanch
	R1 Oliel	Total
Score	7-5 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	25	25
pts	84-80	84-80
Total points	164	164
Winners	39	39
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	49/81	49/81
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	39/49	39/49
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	14/32	14/32
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Shymkent 1 Challenger

• 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
• Antoine BellierBellier – Evgenii TiurnevTiurnev (6-3 6-7⁶ 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (7-5 6-2) – 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
• 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

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