Timofey Skatov and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will face off in the 2^nd round of the Troyes Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.75
Timofey Skatov -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

This will be the 3^rd time that Timofey Skatov and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Skatov and Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Skatov won 7-6(4) 5-7 6-1 in the quarter in the Oeiras 4 Challenger back in 2021.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 226, the Kazakhstani reached the 2^nd round after beating Abel Hernandez-Aguila 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Hernandez-Aguila (6-4 6-1). During the match, Skatov scored 73 points vs Hernandez-Aguila’s 55. Timofey was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Skatov scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Hernandez-Aguila 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Skatov has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (111-91). 9-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Skatov has an overall96-70 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger.

Skatov has an aggregate 13-16 win-loss record in 2022, 9-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Troyes Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

Ranked no. 271, Sanchez-Izquierdo got to the 2^nd round after beating Adrian Andreev 6-4 0-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Sanchez-Izquierdo defeated Andreev (6-4 0-6 6-2). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 87 points vs Andreev’s 86. Sanchez-Izquierdo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (37/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (11/32) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Andreev 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Villena.

Nikolas has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Sanchez-Izquierdo
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	24
Pts	73-55	87-86
Total Points	128	173
Winners	26	37
%Winners	36%	43%

Both Skatov and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. At the moment, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo surrendered 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Sanchez-Izquierdo (2 vs 3). Therefore, Skatov played 7 games less than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Kazakhstani scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 37 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Sanchez-Izquierdo
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	37/62	60/92
%1st in	60%	65%
1st pts	26/37	37/60
%1st pts	70%	62%
2nd pts	10/25	11/32
%2nd pts	40%	34%

Skatov recorded 2 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 4 aces . Skatov won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 34% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Sanchez-Izquierdo
Won	6	5
Converted	6/14	5/10
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	6	13
Saved	4	8
% Saved	67%	62%
Times Broken	2	5

Timofey broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Skatov surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Hernandez-Aguila	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	73-55	73-55
Total points	128	128
Winners	26	26
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	37/62	37/62
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	26/37	26/37
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	10/25	10/25
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Sanchez-Izquierdo
	R1 Andreev	Total
Score	6-4 0-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	87-86	87-86
Total points	173	173
Winners	37	37
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	60/92	60/92
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	37/60	37/60
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	11/32	11/32
% 2nd pts	34%	34%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	8/13	8
Saved %	62%	62%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Troyes Challenger

• Clement TaburTabur – Andrey ChepelevChepelev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-7² 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-5 6-7⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Kacper ZukZuk (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Abel Hernandez-AguilaHernandez-Aguila (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Tristan LamasineLamasine (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Johan NiklesNikles (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-4 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-0 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Clement TaburTabur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction