Alexandre Muller and Sumit Nagal will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 0
Alexandre Muller -> 0
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Sumit Nagal
This will be the 2nd time that Alexandre Muller and Sumit Nagal fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Nagal won 6-7(1) 6-2 7-6(3) in the semifinal in India F8.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, Alexandre got to the 2nd round after beating Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Fa Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-4). During the match, Muller scored 76 points vs Fa Rodriguez Taverna’s 64. Alexandre was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller struck 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Alexandre Muller was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexandre broke Fa Rodriguez Taverna twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Muller has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (315-205). 25-19 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Muller has an aggregate192-120 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Alexandre’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Blois Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 36-30 win-loss record in 2022, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-15 | 15-8 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 638, Nagal got to the 2nd round after defeating Wilson Leite 6-4 6-1, Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 6-3 and Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-3 6-3). During the match Nagal scored 67 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 50. Sumit was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Nagal made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 76% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Sumit broke Seyboth Wild 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sumit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
The Indian has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 52 |
| Pts | 76-64 | 187-126 |
| Total Points | 140 | 313 |
| Winners | 34 | 82 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Muller played 1 match while Nagal competed in 3 matches. Nagal started his run from the qualifications while Muller had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Muller has played 4 set(s) less than Nagal (2 vs 6). Therefore, Muller played 32 games less than Nagal. The French player scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nagal bagged 82 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 48/60 | 108/141 |
| %1st in | 80% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 82/108 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 64% |
Muller struck 2 aces . Nagal bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Muller won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Nagal 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 | Muller | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Muller broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Nagal broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | |||
| R1 Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/60 | 48/60 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nagal | ||||
| Q1 Leite |
Q3 Seyboth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 35 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 67-50 | 126-85 | |
| Total points | 94 | 117 | 211 | |
| Winners | 21 | 33 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 45/59 | 74/100 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 76% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 33/45 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 6/14 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 43% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/9 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro Challenger
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-1 5-7 7-67) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Gustavo Ribeiro De AlmeidaRibeiro De Almeida (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (7-6(5) 6-0) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Gastao EliasElias (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jakub PaulPaul – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
