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H2H, prediction of Sumit Nagal vs Riccardo Balzerani in Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 17th April 2023

PREVIEW. Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger. Nagal and Balzerani will play each other in the qualifications of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Monday the 17th of April

Mark Hall

17 April 2023

Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Riccardo Balzerani

Sumit Nagal and Riccardo Balzerani will square off in the qualifications of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.23
Riccardo Balzerani -> 3.84

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Riccardo Balzerani

There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Riccardo Balzerani since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sumit Nagal

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
93

High
68

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	32-29	15-13	16-11	1-4	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

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Ranked no. 366, Nagal reached the qualifications after beating Giorgio Ricca 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Ricca (6-1 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 58 points vs Ricca’s 34. Nagal was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nagal blasted 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the 2nd serve. Sumit broke Ricca 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Nagal has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (265-178). 1-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nagal has a composed 179-107 record in the last years on clay.

The Indian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

Sumit has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.

Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

Nagal's Record

Riccardo Balzerani

9 - 7win/loss

Clay

8-4

Rank
801

High
469

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2023	20-19	1-1	18-15	1-3	0-0	0-0
2022	23-24	7-6	13-16	3-2	0-0	0-0
2021	28-21	4-3	16-14	8-4	0-0	0-0
2020	18-9	12-4	3-2	3-3	0-0	0-0
2019	30-31	11-8	16-20	3-3	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 665, Balzerani got to the qualifications after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-3 6-3). During the match Balzerani scored 62 points vs Sultanov’s 47. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Balzerani scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Riccardo Balzerani lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Balzerani put 61% of his first serves in, winning 75% (21/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Balzerani broke Sultanov 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Balzerani’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne and M15 Porec.

Balzerani has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Roseto Degli Abruzzi Challenger

Balzerani's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Nagal

R.Balzerani

1h:03

Time on court

1h:18

1h:03

Last match

1h:18

Match played

Games Played

Set played

Total points

Avg point

Winners

Avg Winners

38%

Ratio winners

34%

-- Serve --

Aces

Avg Aces

Double Faults

Avg Double Faults

22/32

1st won total

21/28

69%

1st won %

75%

6/11

2nd won total

9/18

55%

2nd won %

50%

-- Break Points --

6/8

BP won

5/16

6/8

Avg BP won

5/16

75%

Won

31%

Conceded

Avg Conceded

Broken

Avg Broken

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nagal	Balzerani
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	18
Pts	58-34	62-47
Total Points	92	109
Winners	22	21
%Winners	38%	34%

Both Nagal and Balzerani played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nagal and Balzerani have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nagal played 3 games less than Balzerani. Sumit scored 22 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Balzerani struck 21 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nagal	Balzerani
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	32/43	28/46
%1st in	74%	61%
1st pts	22/32	21/28
%1st pts	69%	75%
2nd pts	6/11	9/18
%2nd pts	55%	50%

Nagal struck 2 aces . Balzerani bagged 1 ace . Nagal won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Balzerani won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nagal	Balzerani
Won	6	5
Converted	6/8	5/16
% Converted	75%	31%
Conceded	3	4
Saved	2	2
% Saved	67%	50%
Times Broken	1	2

Nagal broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Indian dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Balzerani conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Ricca	Total
Nagal
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	58-34	58-34
Total points	92	92
Winners	22	22
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	32/43	32/43
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	22/32	22/32
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	6/11	6/11
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/8	6/8
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

	Q1 Sultanov	Total
Balzerani
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	62-47	62-47
Total points	109	109
Winners	21	21
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	28/46	28/46
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	21/28	21/28
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2