James Duckworth and Christian Langmo will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Morelos Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MORELOS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.45
Christian Langmo -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Christian Langmo

There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Christian Langmo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 113, James reached the semifinal after beating Bernard Tomic 6-2 6-2, Oliver Crawford 3-6 7-6³ 6-2 and Vitaliy Sachko 2-6 7-6⁰ 7-5.

In the quarter against Sachko, Duckworth recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁰ 7-5).During the match, Duckworth scored less points (4) than Sachko. In fact, the world no. 113 won 113 points vs Sachko’s. That means that Duckworth was more focused during the important points. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth fired 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. James Duckworth lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Duckworth put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (53/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (16/45) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sachko twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (275-183). 18-9 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has a composed 185-109 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

James’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger and the Bengaluru Challenger.

Duckworth has a compiled 19-11 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Morelos Challenger

James has never competed in this tournament before.

Christian Langmo

Ranked no. 400 (career-high), Langmo got to the semifinal after beating Theo Arribage 6-3 6-3, Benjamin Lock 6-4 6-4, Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 7-6⁹ 6-2, Maximilian Neuchrist 3-6 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Antoine Escoffier 6-4 5-7 7-5.

In the quarter, The American defeated Escoffier (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match Langmo and Escoffier scored the same amount of points (97). However, the world no. 113 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Christian was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Langmo blasted 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Christian Langmo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Langmo put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (49/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Christian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Langmo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M15 Weston.

Langmo has an aggregate 23-8 win-loss record in 2023, 18-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Langmo
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	12
Tot Games	79	124
Pts	276-246	409-365
Total Points	522	774
Winners	111	193
%Winners	40%	47%

Duckworth played 3 matches while Langmo competed in 5 matches. Langmo started his run from the qualifications while Duckworth had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth conceded 2 sets, while Christian Langmo surrendered 2 sets. Duckworth has played 4 set(s) less than Langmo (8 vs 12). Therefore, Duckworth played 45 games less than Langmo. James scored 111 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Christian struck 193 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Langmo
Aces	35	62
Avg per match	11.7	12.4
1st in	136/237	247/395
%1st in	57%	63%
1st pts	111/136	193/247
%1st pts	82%	78%
2nd pts	53/101	74/148
%2nd pts	52%	50%

Duckworth scored 35 aces (11.7 per match). Langmo blasted 62 aces (12.4 per match). Duckworth won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Langmo won 78% 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	Duckworth	Langmo
Won	8	17
Converted	8/34	17/31
% Converted	24%	55%
Conceded	12	33
Saved	8	25
% Saved	67%	76%
Times Broken	4	8

Duckworth broke his opponents 8 times with a 24% conversion rate. Duckworth conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Langmo broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Langmo conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	R1 Tomic	R2 Crawford	1/4 Sachko	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	3-6 7-63 6-2	2-6 7-60 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	16	30	33	79
pts	68-43	95-86	113-117	276-246
Total points	111	181	230	522
Winners	21	37	53	111
%Winners	31%	39%	47%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	17	12	35
Double Faults	4	1	4	9
1st in	25/44	45/82	66/111	136/237
% 1st in	57%	55%	59%	57%
1st pts	21/25	37/45	53/66	111/136
% 1st pts	84%	82%	80%	82%
2nd pts	13/19	24/37	16/45	53/101
% 2nd pts	68%	65%	36%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	2	2	8
Converted	4/14	2/8	2/12	8/34
Converted %	29%	25%	17%	24%
Conceded	0	3	9	12
Saved	0/0	2/3	6/9	8
Saved %	–	67%	67%	45%
Times Broken	0	1	3	4

Langmo
	Q1 Arribage	Q3 Lock	R1 Lucas Reis Da	R2 Neuchrist	1/4 Escoffier	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4	7-69 6-2	3-6 7-65 6-3	6-4 5-7 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	12
Tot Games	18	20	21	31	34	124
pts	57-40	76-69	91-81	88-78	97-97	409-365
Total points	97	145	172	166	194	774
Winners	27	33	44	40	49	193
%Winners	47%	43%	48%	45%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	11	10	13	17	11	62
Double Faults	0	2	5	2	5	14
1st in	29/47	50/83	56/93	43/71	69/101	247/395
% 1st in	62%	60%	60%	61%	68%	63%
1st pts	27/29	33/50	44/56	40/43	49/69	193/247
% 1st pts	93%	66%	79%	93%	71%	78%
2nd pts	10/18	14/33	16/37	18/28	16/32	74/148
% 2nd pts	56%	42%	43%	64%	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	5	3	2	4	17
Converted	3/6	5/10	3/6	2/3	4/6	17/31
Converted %	50%	50%	50%	67%	67%	55%
Conceded	2	13	9	1	8	33
Saved	2/2	10/13	8/9	0/1	5/8	25
Saved %	100%	77%	89%	0%	63%	110%
Times Broken	0	3	1	1	3	8

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