Vitaliy Sachko and Francisco Comesana will square off in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.63
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Francisco Comesana
This will be the 2nd time that Vitaliy Sachko and Francisco Comesana play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Comesana (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Comesana won 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Vicenza Challenger back in May 2023.
Vitaliy Sachko
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 22-26 | 3-5 | 14-17 | 5-3 | 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. 188, Sachko got to the quarter after beating Guido Andreozzi 2-6 7-65 6-4 and Benjamin Hassan 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Vitaliy had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-2 6-2). During the match, Sachko scored 68 points vs Hassan’s 44. Sachko was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Hassan 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Ukrainian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Sachko has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (279-184). 23-11 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sachko has an overall173-112 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he beat Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(2).
Sachko has an aggregate 39-20 win-loss record in 2023, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Francisco Comesana
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 33-24 | 3-4 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 238, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Marc Polmans 7-65 6-4 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Vincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-4). During the match Comesana scored 68 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 47. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Comesana managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francisco Comesana was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Vincent Ruggeri 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Comesana hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Vicenza Challenger where he overcame Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the final 3-6 6-2 6-2.
Francisco has an overall 35-14 win-loss record in 2023, 35-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sachko | Comesana |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
Tot Games | 47 | 41 |
Pts | 160-147 | 149-116 |
Total Points | 307 | 265 |
Winners | 81 | 69 |
%Winners | 51% | 46% |
Both Sachko and Comesana played 2 matches. At the moment, Vitaliy Sachko lost 1 set while Francisco Comesana hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sachko has played 1 set more than Comesana (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sachko played 6 games more than Comesana. Sachko scored 81 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Comesana scored 69 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sachko | Comesana |
---|---|---|
Aces | 13 | 14 |
Avg per match | 6.5 | 7 |
1st in | 102/154 | 93/129 |
%1st in | 66% | 72% |
1st pts | 81/102 | 69/93 |
%1st pts | 79% | 74% |
2nd pts | 20/52 | 23/36 |
%2nd pts | 38% | 64% |
Sachko blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Comesana bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Sachko won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Comesana won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sachko | Comesana |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 5 |
Converted | 6/12 | 5/18 |
% Converted | 50% | 28% |
Conceded | 13 | 2 |
Saved | 10 | 1 |
% Saved | 77% | 50% |
Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Sachko broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vitaliy conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Francisco broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
Sachko | ||||
R1 Andreozzi |
R2 Hassan |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 16 | 47 | |
pts | 92-103 | 68-44 | 160-147 | |
Total points | 195 | 112 | 307 | |
Winners | 53 | 28 | 81 | |
%Winners | 58% | 41% | 51% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
1st in | 67/102 | 35/52 | 102/154 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 67% | 66% | |
1st pts | 53/67 | 28/35 | 81/102 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 80% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 13/35 | 7/17 | 20/52 | |
% 2nd pts | 37% | 41% | 38% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
Converted | 1/5 | 5/7 | 6/12 | |
Converted % | 20% | 71% | 50% | |
Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 3/4 | 10 | |
Saved % | 78% | 75% | 77% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Comesana | ||||
R1 Polmans |
R2 Vincent |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-65 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
pts | 81-69 | 68-47 | 149-116 | |
Total points | 150 | 115 | 265 | |
Winners | 33 | 36 | 69 | |
%Winners | 41% | 53% | 46% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 45/66 | 48/63 | 93/129 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 76% | 72% | |
1st pts | 33/45 | 36/48 | 69/93 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 15/21 | 8/15 | 23/36 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 64% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Converted | 2/10 | 3/8 | 5/18 | |
Converted % | 20% | 38% | 28% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Head 2 Head
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