Sumit Nagal and Stefano Napolitano will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.42
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Stefano Napolitano
This will be the 2nd time that Sumit Nagal and Stefano Napolitano fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nagal won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Genova Challenger back in 2018.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-12 | 15-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98 (career-high), Nagal reached the semifinal after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-2, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-2 7-5 and Adam Walton 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, Sumit had a good straight sets win against Walton (7-5 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 82 points vs Walton’s 66. Nagal was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 74% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Sumit broke Walton 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sumit hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Nagal has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (302-191). 12-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nagal has a composed 85-57 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4.
Nagal has a compiled 12-2 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-9 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, Napolitano got to the semifinal after beating Dane Sweeny 6-3 6-3, Vasek Pospisil 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Moez Echargui 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter against Echargui, Napolitano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match Napolitano scored 111 points vs Echargui’s 101. Napolitano was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Napolitano made 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (46/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Stefano broke Echargui 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Italian has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Stefano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 81 |
| Pts | 233-175 | 274-240 |
| Total Points | 408 | 514 |
| Winners | 99 | 104 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Nagal and Napolitano played 3 matches. At the moment, Stefano Napolitano dropped 2 sets while Sumit Nagal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nagal has played 2 set(s) less than Napolitano (6 vs 8). Therefore, Nagal played 25 games less than Napolitano. The Indian scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 104 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 143/204 | 146/236 |
| %1st in | 70% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 99/143 | 104/146 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 35/61 | 51/90 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Nagal bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Napolitano managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Nagal won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nagal | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 14 |
| Converted | 12/33 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 36% | 47% |
| Conceded | 17 | 11 |
| Saved | 15 | 3 |
| % Saved | 88% | 27% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Sumit broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nagal conceded his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Napolitano conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 27% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nagal | |||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Lam Coleman Wong |
1/4 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 20 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 87-65 | 82-66 | 233-175 | |
| Total points | 108 | 152 | 148 | 408 | |
| Winners | 23 | 43 | 33 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 59/83 | 52/70 | 143/204 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 43/59 | 33/52 | 99/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 63% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 10/24 | 12/18 | 35/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 42% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/9 | 4/12 | 12/33 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 44% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 9/10 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 90% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Napolitano | |||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Pospisil |
1/4 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 33 | 81 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 100-93 | 111-101 | 274-240 | |
| Total points | 109 | 193 | 212 | 514 | |
| Winners | 23 | 35 | 46 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 49/84 | 68/105 | 146/236 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 35/49 | 46/68 | 104/146 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 71% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 23/35 | 17/37 | 51/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 66% | 46% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/13 | 7/10 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 23% | 70% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/3 | 2/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 29% | 21% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
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