Nikola Milojevic and Evgeny Karlovskiy will play each other in the quarter of the Blois Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikola Milojevic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.6
Evgeny Karlovskiy -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Evgeny Karlovskiy

This will be the 4^th time that Nikola Milojevic and Evgeny Karlovskiy square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Milojevic won 6-4 6-0 in the qualifications in St petersburg back in 2020.

Nikola Milojevic

Ranked no. 184, Nikola got to the quarter after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-1 6-0 and Timofey Skatov 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Skatov, The Serbian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Milojevic scored 109 points vs Skatov’s 96. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Milojevic blasted 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nikola Milojevic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Serbian broke Skatov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nikola has dropped 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Milojevic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (338-206). 6-14 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Milojevic has an overall 125-89 match record in the last years on clay.

Nikola has a compiled 9-16 win-loss record in 2022, 6-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Blois Challenger

The Serbian has never competed in this tournament before.

Evgeny Karlovskiy

Ranked no. 250, Evgeny got to the quarter after beating Enzo Wallart 6-3 6-1, Juan Bautista Torres 7-5 1-6 6-4, Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-4 and Matteo Arnaldi 2-6 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Arnaldi, Karlovskiy recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-4).During the match Karlovskiy scored less points (4) than Arnaldi. In fact, the world no. 184 won 94 points vs Arnaldi’s. That means that Karlovskiy was more focused during the important points. Evgeny was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Karlovskiy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Evgeny Karlovskiy lost the serve 7 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Karlovskiy put 67% of his first serves in, winning 55% (34/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Evgeny broke Arnaldi 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karlovskiy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Karlovskiy’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Sultan.

Evgeny has an overall 23-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Milojevic	Karlovskiy
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	10
Tot Games	43	94
Pts	165-127	303-279
Total Points	292	582
Winners	58	129
%Winners	35%	43%

Milojevic played 2 matches while Karlovskiy competed in 4 matches. Karlovskiy started his run from the qualifications while Milojevic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikola Milojevic lost 1 set, while Evgeny Karlovskiy lost 2 sets. Milojevic has played 5 set(s) less than Karlovskiy (5 vs 10). Therefore, Milojevic played 51 games less than Karlovskiy. Nikola scored 58 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian recorded 129 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Milojevic	Karlovskiy
Aces	18	5
Avg per match	9	1.3
1st in	73/132	202/293
%1st in	55%	69%
1st pts	58/73	129/202
%1st pts	79%	64%
2nd pts	32/59	44/91
%2nd pts	54%	48%

Milojevic made 18 aces (9 per match). Karlovskiy bagged 5 aces (1.3 per match). Milojevic won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Karlovskiy won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Milojevic	Karlovskiy
Won	8	18
Converted	8/21	18/35
% Converted	38%	51%
Conceded	6	30
Saved	4	17
% Saved	67%	57%
Times Broken	2	13

Milojevic broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Milojevic conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 18 times with a 51% conversion rate. Evgeny conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Milojevic
	R1 Barrere	R2 Skatov	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	4-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	13	30	43
pts	56-31	109-96	165-127
Total points	87	205	292
Winners	21	37	58
%Winners	38%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	14	18
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	23/45	50/87	73/132
% 1st in	51%	57%	55%
1st pts	21/23	37/50	58/73
% 1st pts	91%	74%	79%
2nd pts	10/22	22/37	32/59
% 2nd pts	45%	59%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/9	3/12	8/21
Converted %	56%	25%	38%
Conceded	2	4	6
Saved	2/2	2/4	4
Saved %	100%	50%	75%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Karlovskiy
	Q1 Wallart	Q3 Bautista	R1 Kolar	R2 Arnaldi	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	7-5 1-6 6-4	6-2 6-4	2-6 7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	16	29	18	31	94
pts	56-33	87-90	66-58	94-98	303-279
Total points	89	177	124	192	582
Winners	25	40	30	34	129
%Winners	45%	46%	45%	36%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	0	1	5
Double Faults	4	4	1	4	13
1st in	32/50	62/89	46/61	62/93	202/293
% 1st in	64%	70%	75%	67%	69%
1st pts	25/32	40/62	30/46	34/62	129/202
% 1st pts	78%	65%	65%	55%	64%
2nd pts	8/18	13/27	7/15	16/31	44/91
% 2nd pts	44%	48%	47%	52%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	6	18
Converted	5/5	3/8	4/13	6/9	18/35
Converted %	100%	38%	31%	67%	51%
Conceded	7	8	3	12	30
Saved	6/7	4/8	2/3	5/12	17
Saved %	86%	50%	67%	42%	123%
Times Broken	1	4	1	7	13

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