Nikola Milojevic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Nikola Milojevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.87
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Nikola Milojevic and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Milojevic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Milojevic won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in the Braga Challenger back in 2021.
Nikola Milojevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-13 | 6-6 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 3-3 | 21-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 1-3 | 34-18 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 6-4 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Nikola got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Nikola had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-3 7-5). During the match, Milojevic scored 73 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 60. Nikola was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Milojevic made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Milojevic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Merida Aguilar 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Milojevic has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (351-221). 19-27 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Milojevic has an overall 138-102 record in the last years on clay.
Nikola’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Blois Challenger.
Milojevic has an aggregate 22-31 win-loss record in 2022, 19-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Nikola has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 2-2 | 17-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 263, Nikolas got to the 2nd round after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Sanchez-Izquierdo had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-2 6-4). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 64 points vs Giannessi’s 51. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nikolas broke Giannessi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Nikolas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Villena.
The Spaniard has an overall 33-27 win-loss record in 2022, 26-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 64-51 |
| Total Points | 133 | 115 |
| Winners | 33 | 29 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Milojevic and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Milojevic and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Milojevic played 3 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Milojevic scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas struck 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 39/53 |
| %1st in | 67% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 29/39 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 64% |
Milojevic scored 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 1 ace . Milojevic won 66% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 74% 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 | Milojevic | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Nikola broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Milojevic surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Milojevic | |||
| R1 Merida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 50/75 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| R1 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Pedro SousaSousa (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Alvaro Lopez San MartinLopez San Martin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-2 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Miljan ZekicZekic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
