Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Pedro Sakamoto will square off in the 2nd round of the Lima Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 1.51
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 287 (career-high), the Bolivian reached the 2nd round after defeating Mateus Alves 6-1 2-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Bolivian defeated Alves (6-1 2-6 6-0). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 79 points vs Alves’s 57. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 76% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke Alves 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (120-69). 39-22 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a compiled110-60 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Bolivian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tigre 1 Challenger and M25 Rio Cuarto.
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has an overall 39-22 win-loss record in 2023, 39-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima Challenger
The Bolivian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-30 | 7-3 | 28-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 605, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after beating Dan Martin 6-2 6-2, Sebastian Rodriguez 6-3 6-2 and Guido Ivan Justo 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Ivan Justo (6-4 7-65). During the match Sakamoto scored 83 points vs Ivan Justo’s 73. Sakamoto was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 67% of his first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Ivan Justo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Pedro’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cali Challenger.
Sakamoto has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2023, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 56 |
| Pts | 79-57 | 209-156 |
| Total Points | 136 | 365 |
| Winners | 36 | 81 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match while Sakamoto competed in 3 matches. Sakamoto started his run from the qualifications while Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco dropped 1 set while Pedro Sakamoto hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 3 set(s) less than Sakamoto (3 vs 6). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 35 games less than Sakamoto. Murkel scored 36 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian struck 81 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 53/70 | 122/172 |
| %1st in | 76% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 81/122 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 30/50 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Alejandro Dellien Velasco made 3 aces . Sakamoto bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 68% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 63% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 15 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Murkel broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Bolivian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Pedro broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Sakamoto conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alejandro Dellien Velasco | |||
| R1 Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-57 | 79-57 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/70 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sakamoto | |||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Rodriguez |
R1 Ivan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 23 | 56 | |
| pts | 67-41 | 59-42 | 83-73 | 209-156 | |
| Total points | 108 | 101 | 156 | 365 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 32 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 41/50 | 53/79 | 122/172 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 82% | 67% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 27/41 | 32/53 | 81/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 66% | 60% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 5/9 | 15/26 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 63% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 5/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 63% | 180% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Lima Challenger
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Ignacio MonzonMonzon (6-0 6-73 6-1) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Mateus AlvesAlves (6-1 2-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Tomas FarjatFarjat (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Guido Ivan JustoIvan Justo (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Blaise BicknellBicknell – Victor LilovLilov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Milledge CossuCossu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Valerio AboianAboian (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Renzo OlivoOlivo – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (3-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Gonzalo LamaLama – Jorge Brian Panta HerrerosBrian Panta Herreros (6-74 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Leonardo AboianAboian (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Bautista OteguiBautista Otegui – Gonzalo LamaLama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arklon Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (0-2) – H2H and prediction
