Sumit Nagal and Dominik Palan will fight against each other in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.26
Dominik Palan -> 3.52

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Dominik Palan

This will be the 2^nd time that Sumit Nagal and Dominik Palan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Palan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Palan won 4-6 6-3 6-4

in the 2^nd round in the Pune Challenger back in 2023.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Sumit got to the quarter after defeating S D Prajwal Dev 6-1 6-2 and Giovanni Fonio 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Fonio (7-5 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 58 points vs Fonio’s 44. Sumit was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sumit Nagal was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian broke Fonio 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Indian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Nagal has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (296-191). 6-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nagal has an aggregate 79-57 record in the last years on hard.

Sumit has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chennai Challenger

Dominik Palan

Ranked no. 331, Dominik got to the quarter after defeating Arthur Weber 6-1 6-4 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-2 2-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Dominik defeated Vincent Ruggeri (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match Palan scored 76 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 68. Dominik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Palan bagged 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dominik Palan was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Palan broke Vincent Ruggeri 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dominik has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Dominik has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chennai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nagal	Palan
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	35	43
Pts	117-81	136-106
Total Points	198	242
Winners	51	62
%Winners	44%	46%

Both Nagal and Palan played 2 matches. At the moment, Dominik Palan conceded 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t lost a set so far. Nagal has played 1 set(s) less than Palan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nagal played 8 games less than Palan. Sumit scored 51 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Palan fired 62 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nagal	Palan
Aces	2	17
Avg per match	1	8.5
1st in	67/96	76/114
%1st in	70%	67%
1st pts	51/67	62/76
%1st pts	76%	82%
2nd pts	21/29	23/38
%2nd pts	72%	61%

Nagal struck 2 aces (1 per match). Palan made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Nagal won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nagal	Palan
Won	8	6
Converted	8/15	6/14
% Converted	53%	43%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	50%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

The Indian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sumit dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Dominik conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Nagal
	R1 D Prajwal Dev	R2 Fonio	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	15	20	35
pts	59-37	58-44	117-81
Total points	96	102	198
Winners	20	31	51
%Winners	34%	53%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	29/45	38/51	67/96
% 1st in	64%	75%	70%
1st pts	20/29	31/38	51/67
% 1st pts	69%	82%	76%
2nd pts	11/16	10/13	21/29
% 2nd pts	69%	77%	72%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/9	3/6	8/15
Converted %	56%	50%	53%
Conceded	2	0	2
Saved	1/2	0/0	1
Saved %	50%	–	25%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Palan
	R1 Weber	R2 Vincent	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-2 2-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	26	43
pts	60-38	76-68	136-106
Total points	98	144	242
Winners	28	34	62
%Winners	47%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	8	17
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	31/46	45/68	76/114
% 1st in	67%	66%	67%
1st pts	28/31	34/45	62/76
% 1st pts	90%	76%	82%
2nd pts	9/15	14/23	23/38
% 2nd pts	60%	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/6	3/8	6/14
Converted %	50%	38%	43%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	1/1	0/2	1
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (2-1) – H2H and prediction