Sumit Nagal and Imanol Lopez Morillo will square off in the 2^nd round of the Maspalomas Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on MASPALOMAS CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.36
Imanol Lopez Morillo -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Imanol Lopez Morillo

There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Imanol Lopez Morillo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 140, the Indian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-0 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (6-0 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 53 points vs Moro Canas’s 25. Sumit was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nagal wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sumit Nagal was very efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Moro Canas 5 times.

Nagal has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (298-192). 32-16 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nagal has an overall 209-120 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tampere Challenger where he overcame Dalibor Svrcina in the final 6-4 7-5.

The Indian has a compiled 46-28 win-loss record in 2023, 32-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger

Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.

Imanol Lopez Morillo

Ranked no. 501 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Markos Kalovelonis 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3, Alex Marti Pujolras 7-6¹ ret. and Javier Barranco Cosano 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Lopez had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (7-5 6-4). During the match Lopez scored 84 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 77. Imanol was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Lopez managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Imanol Lopez Morillo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lopez put 59% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Imanol broke Barranco Cosano 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Roda de Bara.

Imanol has a composed 35-22 win-loss record in 2023, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nagal	Lopez
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	14	67
Pts	53-25	231-191
Total Points	78	422
Winners	20	107
%Winners	38%	46%

Nagal played 1 match while Lopez competed in 3 matches. Lopez started his run from the qualifications while Nagal had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Imanol Lopez Morillo surrendered 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t lost a set so far. Nagal has played 5 set(s) less than Lopez (2 vs 7). Therefore, Nagal played 53 games less than Lopez. Sumit scored 20 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard managed to score 107 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nagal	Lopez
Aces	0	19
Avg per match	0	6.3
1st in	25/38	135/204
%1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	20/25	107/135
%1st pts	80%	79%
2nd pts	8/13	33/69
%2nd pts	62%	48%

Nagal didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lopez blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Nagal won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nagal	Lopez
Won	5	9
Converted	5/5	9/20
% Converted	100%	45%
Conceded	0	11
Saved	0	6
% Saved	0%	55%
Times Broken	0	5

Nagal broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Sumit very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lopez broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Imanol conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Nagal
	R1 Moro	Total
Score	6-0 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	53-25	53-25
Total points	78	78
Winners	20	20
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	25/38	25/38
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	8/13	8/13
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/5	5/5
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Lopez
	Q1 Kalovelonis	Q3 Marti Pujolras	R1 Barranco Cosano	Total
Score	6-4 6-75 6-3	7-61 ret.	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	3	1	2	6
Tot Games	32	13	22	67
pts	99-72	48-42	84-77	231-191
Total points	171	90	161	422
Winners	55	23	29	107
%Winners	56%	48%	35%	46%
SERVE
Aces	11	3	5	19
Double Faults	6	1	3	10
1st in	56/80	32/45	47/79	135/204
% 1st in	70%	71%	59%	66%
1st pts	55/56	23/32	29/47	107/135
% 1st pts	98%	72%	62%	79%
2nd pts	13/24	6/13	14/32	33/69
% 2nd pts	54%	46%	44%	48%
Breaks
Won	2	1	6	9
Converted	2/3	1/4	6/13	9/20
Converted %	67%	25%	46%	45%
Conceded	0	3	8	11
Saved	0/0	2/3	4/8	6
Saved %	–	67%	50%	117%
Times Broken	0	1	4	5

Tennis Scores in Maspalomas Challenger

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• Filip MisolicMisolic – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel RinconRincon – Timo StodderStodder (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Filip MisolicMisolic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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