Vitaliy Sachko and Dominik Palan will square off in the 2nd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. 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 Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.43
Dominik Palan -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Dominik Palan
This will be the 2nd time that Vitaliy Sachko and Dominik Palan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sachko (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Sachko won 7-6(11) 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Piestany back in 2019.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 3-3 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 8-5 | 7-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 292, Vitaliy reached the 2nd round after beating Matias Franco Descotte 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Franco Descotte (6-2 6-1). During the match, Sachko scored 65 points vs Franco Descotte’s 39. Sachko was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Ukrainian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Franco Descotte 4 times.
Sachko has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (255-172). 3-1 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sachko has a compiled46-29 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Vitaliy has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 8-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-12 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328 (career-high), Palan reached the 2nd round after defeating Renzo Olivo 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Palan defeated Olivo (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match Palan scored less points (3) than Olivo. In fact, the world no. 292 won 80 points vs Olivo’s. That means that Palan was more focused during the important points. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Palan struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dominik Palan lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Palan put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Palan broke Olivo twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Palan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.
The Czech has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 |
| Pts | 65-39 | 80-83 |
| Total Points | 104 | 163 |
| Winners | 24 | 38 |
| %Winners | 37% | 48% |
Both Sachko and Palan played 1 match. At the moment, Dominik Palan dropped 1 set while Vitaliy Sachko hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sachko has played 1 set(s) less than Palan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sachko played 11 games less than Palan. Vitaliy scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Palan blasted 38 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 57/85 |
| %1st in | 52% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 38/57 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 54% |
Sachko made 3 aces . Palan struck 5 aces . Sachko won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 67% of the points behind 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 | Sachko | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Sachko broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Sachko was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Palan broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sachko | |||
| R1 Franco Descotte |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 65-39 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/56 | 29/56 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 24/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Palan | |||
| R1 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 80-83 | 80-83 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/85 | 57/85 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Morelos Challenger
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Luke SavilleSaville (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Marius CopilCopil (7-63 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (7-61 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-61 7-65) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-69 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik PalanPalan – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Antoine BellierBellier (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-64 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Marius CopilCopil (7-6(3) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Christian LangmoLangmo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
