Luca Nardi and Alexandar Lazarov will face off in the semifinal of the Mallorca Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on PISTA 1. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.54
Alexandar Lazarov -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Alexandar Lazarov

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

Luca Nardi

Ranked no. 175, Luca got to the semifinal after beating Jesper De Jong 3-6 6-1 6-2, Altug Celikbilek 6-4 7-5 and Jerzy Janowicz 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Luca defeated Janowicz (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match, Nardi scored 80 points vs Janowicz’s 68. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nardi scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Janowicz 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nardi has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Nardi has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (71-51). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has an aggregate13-6 record in the last 5 years on hard.

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

Luca has an overall 24-14 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mallorca Challenger

Luca has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexandar Lazarov

Ranked no. 394, Alexandar reached the semifinal after beating Robert Strombachs 6-3 6-4, Alberto Barroso Campos 6-4 0-6 6-3, Hamad Medjedovic 6-1 6-3, Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7⁴ 6-4 7-6³.

In the quarter against Kukushkin, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-6³). During the match Lazarov scored 130 points vs Kukushkin’s 112. Lazarov was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Lazarov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexandar Lazarov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lazarov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (53/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Kukushkin 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Lazarov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sofia and M25 Tbilisi.

Alexandar has an aggregate 31-14 win-loss record in 2022, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nardi	Lazarov
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	13
Tot Games	70	125
Pts	247-205	425-365
Total Points	452	790
Winners	106	181
%Winners	43%	43%

Nardi played 3 matches while Lazarov competed in 5 matches. Lazarov started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi conceded 2 sets, while Alexandar Lazarov conceded 3 sets. Nardi has played 5 set(s) less than Lazarov (8 vs 13). Therefore, Nardi played 55 games less than Lazarov. Nardi scored 106 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Lazarov recorded 181 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nardi	Lazarov
Aces	13	31
Avg per match	4.3	6.2
1st in	154/231	230/340
%1st in	67%	68%
1st pts	106/154	181/230
%1st pts	69%	79%
2nd pts	42/77	52/110
%2nd pts	55%	47%

Nardi scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Lazarov managed to score 31 aces (6.2 per match). Nardi won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Lazarov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nardi	Lazarov
Won	14	20
Converted	14/29	20/52
% Converted	48%	38%
Conceded	28	19
Saved	22	7
% Saved	79%	37%
Times Broken	6	12

Luca broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 20 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alexandar conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 37% of the break points that he conceded.

Nardi
	R1 De	R2 Celikbilek	1/4 Janowicz	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 6-2	6-4 7-5	6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	24	22	24	70
pts	91-78	76-59	80-68	247-205
Total points	169	135	148	452
Winners	38	31	37	106
%Winners	42%	41%	46%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	4	13
Double Faults	4	1	3	8
1st in	64/94	42/64	48/73	154/231
% 1st in	68%	66%	66%	67%
1st pts	38/64	31/42	37/48	106/154
% 1st pts	59%	74%	77%	69%
2nd pts	19/30	12/22	11/25	42/77
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	44%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	14
Converted	5/8	4/9	5/12	14/29
Converted %	63%	44%	42%	48%
Conceded	15	7	6	28
Saved	13/15	5/7	4/6	22
Saved %	87%	71%	67%	75%
Times Broken	2	2	2	6

Lazarov
	Q1 Strombachs	Q3 Barroso Campos	R1 Medjedovic	R2 Vukic	1/4 Kukushkin	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 0-6 6-3	6-1 6-3	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-74 6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	3	13
Tot Games	19	25	16	29	36	125
pts	61-47	86-89	56-32	92-85	130-112	425-365
Total points	108	175	88	177	242	790
Winners	25	28	25	50	53	181
%Winners	41%	33%	45%	54%	41%	43%
SERVE
Aces	7	3	6	8	7	31
Double Faults	0	4	1	2	3	10
1st in	34/49	40/72	29/41	61/80	66/98	230/340
% 1st in	69%	56%	71%	76%	67%	68%
1st pts	25/34	28/40	25/29	50/61	53/66	181/230
% 1st pts	74%	70%	86%	82%	80%	79%
2nd pts	9/15	13/32	8/12	6/19	16/32	52/110
% 2nd pts	60%	41%	67%	32%	50%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	3	5	20
Converted	4/8	4/10	4/5	3/11	5/18	20/52
Converted %	50%	40%	80%	27%	28%	38%
Conceded	2	6	0	4	7	19
Saved	0/2	2/6	0/0	2/4	3/7	7
Saved %	0%	33%	–	50%	43%	42%
Times Broken	2	4	0	2	4	12

Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger

• Zizou BergsBergs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Jerzy JanowiczJanowicz (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction