Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Sumit Nagal will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.615
Sumit Nagal -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Sumit Nagal
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-14 | 10-8 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-2, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Moreno De Alboran had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-3 6-4). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 60 points vs Uchiyama’s 45. Moreno De Alboran was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Moreno De Alboran has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (161-80). 5-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has an aggregate88-42 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-10 | 15-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 506, Sumit got to the semifinal after defeating Calum Puttergill 6-1 6-3, Ji Sung Nam 6-1 6-3, Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-4, Jason Jung 3-6 6-2 6-0 and Jay Clarke 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, Sumit had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-1 6-4). During the match Nagal scored 63 points vs Clarke’s 40. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sumit Nagal was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian broke Clarke 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sumit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Indian has a composed 6-4 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 92 |
| Pts | 187-140 | 344-249 |
| Total Points | 327 | 593 |
| Winners | 75 | 151 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Moreno De Alboran played 3 matches while Nagal competed in 5 matches. Nagal started his run from the qualifications while Moreno De Alboran had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sumit Nagal surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t lost a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 5 set(s) less than Nagal (6 vs 11). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 38 games less than Nagal. The Spaniard scored 75 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Sumit blasted 151 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.2 |
| 1st in | 103/167 | 219/286 |
| %1st in | 62% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 75/103 | 151/219 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 37/64 | 36/67 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Moreno De Alboran blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Nagal recorded 11 aces (2.2 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moreno De Alboran | Nagal |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 25 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 25/49 |
| % Converted | 50% | 51% |
| Conceded | 8 | 21 |
| Saved | 4 | 14 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Nicolas broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolas lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sumit broke his opponents 25 times with a 51% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moreno De Alboran | |||||
| R1 Ferreira Silva |
R2 Hsin Tseng |
1/4 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 19 | 54 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 63-47 | 60-45 | 187-140 | |
| Total points | 112 | 110 | 105 | 327 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 25 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 37/58 | 33/55 | 103/167 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 24/37 | 25/33 | 75/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 65% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | 15/22 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 68% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/7 | 3/6 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 71% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Nagal | |||||||
| Q1 Puttergill |
Q3 Sung Nam |
R1 Peniston |
R2 Jung |
1/4 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 92 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 73-54 | 70-57 | 78-60 | 63-40 | 344-249 | |
| Total points | 98 | 127 | 127 | 138 | 103 | 593 | |
| Winners | 27 | 36 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% | 41% | 45% | 38% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/44 | 56/69 | 49/63 | 52/70 | 28/40 | 219/286 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 81% | 78% | 74% | 70% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 36/56 | 29/49 | 35/52 | 24/28 | 151/219 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 64% | 59% | 67% | 86% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 6/13 | 9/14 | 9/18 | 8/12 | 36/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 46% | 64% | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 25 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/12 | 5/13 | 6/7 | 4/10 | 25/49 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 42% | 38% | 86% | 40% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 8/9 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 89% | 40% | 60% | – | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-75 7-69 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Max PurcellPurcell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
