Arslanbek Aitkulov and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha is the pick to win this match.
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha -> 1.085
Arslanbek Aitkulov -> 6.5
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Prediction and head to head Arslanbek Aitkulov vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
There is no head to head record between Arslanbek Aitkulov and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Arslanbek Aitkulov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-9 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-22 | 14-18 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked,he will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Astana Challenger where he beat 6-2 6-4 to Istomin in the qualifications on the 23rd of July.
Arslanbek has a compiled 15-15 win-loss record in 2023, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Aitkulov has an overall 15-15 record. He has a negative 11-13 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Aitkulov has never competed in this tournament before.
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-25 | 18-21 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-15 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 665, Kaliyanda got to the qualifications after defeating Mustafa Dustov 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kaliyanda had a good straight sets win against Dustov (6-3 6-2). During the match Kaliyanda scored 67 points vs Dustov’s 46. Niki was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kaliyanda was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Niki broke Dustov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kaliyanda’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 New Delhi.
Kaliyanda has a composed 12-13 win-loss record in 2023, 12-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Aitkulov | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 64-52 | 67-46 |
| Total Points | 116 | 113 |
| Winners | 30 | 24 |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Aitkulov and Kaliyanda 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, Aitkulov and Kaliyanda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Aitkulov played 1 game more than Kaliyanda. The Kazakhstani scored 30 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Niki managed to score 24 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Aitkulov | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0 |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 32/57 |
| %1st in | 60% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 24/32 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 52% |
Aitkulov fired 4 aces . Kaliyanda didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Aitkulov won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Kaliyanda won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Aitkulov | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Kaliyanda broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Niki conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Aitkulov | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Kaliyanda | |||
| Q1 Dustov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 32/57 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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