H2H, prediction of Sumit Nagal vs Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha in Pune Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 22nd February 2024

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Sumit Nagal and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pune Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 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 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.04
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha -> 9.1

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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

This will be the 5th time that Sumit Nagal and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nagal won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Sri Lanka F1 (Colombo) back in 2017.

Sumit Nagal

Sumit Nagal
Sumit Nagal

13 - 3win/loss

Hard
13-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
93
High
68
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-29 15-13 16-11 1-4 0-1 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. 101, the Indian got to the 2nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-66 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (7-66 6-4). During the match, Nagal scored 81 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 77. Sumit was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nagal managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Hsiou Hsu 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Nagal has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (303-192). 13-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nagal has an aggregate 86-58 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Indian has an aggregate 13-3 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Nagal
Pune Challenger
Nagal's Record

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Grass
1-0
Rank
891
High
607
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-11 2-6 2-3 0-2 1-0 0-0
2023 19-25 18-21 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 28-24 28-22 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 11-15 11-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 5-4 4-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 791, Niki got to the 2nd round after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-3 6-72 7-63.

In the 1st round, Niki defeated Oliveira (6-3 6-72 7-63). During the match Kaliyanda scored 117 points vs Oliveira’s 115. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Kaliyanda submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha was very effective on serve to win 81% (50/62) of his 1st serve and 58% (30/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kaliyanda broke Oliveira twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Niki has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.

Kaliyanda
Pune Challenger
Kaliyanda's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Nagal
N.Kaliyanda Poonacha
2h:06
2h:06
Time on court​
2h:37
2h:37
!
2h:06
2h:06
Last match​
!
2h:37
2h:37
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
35
35
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
81
81
Total points​
117
117
81
81
Avg point​
117
117
42
42
Winners
50
50
42
42
Avg Winners​
50
50
52%
52%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
21
21
3
3
Avg Aces
!
21
21
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
1
1
Avg Double Faults
5
5
42/64
42/64
1st won total​
50/62
50/62
66%
66%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
13/27
13/27
2nd won total​
30/52
30/52
48%
48%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
2/8
2/8
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
2/8
2/8
!
80%
80%
Won
!
25%
25%
13
13
Conceded
5
5
13
13
Avg Conceded
5
5
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
10
10
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nagal Kaliyanda
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 23 35
Pts 81-77 117-115
Total Points 158 232
Winners 42 50
%Winners 52% 43%

Both Nagal and Kaliyanda played 1 match. At the moment, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha surrendered 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nagal has played 1 set(s) less than Kaliyanda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nagal played 12 games less than Kaliyanda. Nagal scored 42 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Kaliyanda blasted 50 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nagal Kaliyanda
Aces 3 21
Avg per match 3 21
1st in 64/91 62/114
%1st in 70% 54%
1st pts 42/64 50/62
%1st pts 66% 81%
2nd pts 13/27 30/52
%2nd pts 48% 58%

Nagal made 3 aces . Kaliyanda struck 21 aces . Nagal won 66% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kaliyanda won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nagal Kaliyanda
Won 4 2
Converted 4/5 2/8
% Converted 80% 25%
Conceded 13 5
Saved 10 4
% Saved 77% 80%
Times Broken 3 1

Sumit broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sumit lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Kaliyanda broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Niki conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Nagal
R1
Hsiou
Total
Score 7-66 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 81-77 81-77
Total points 158 158
Winners 42 42
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 64/91 64/91
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 42/64 42/64
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 13/27 13/27
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 10/13 10
Saved % 77% 77%
Times Broken 3 3
Kaliyanda
R1
Oliveira
Total
Score 6-3 6-72 7-63
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 117-115 117-115
Total points 232 232
Winners 50 50
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 21 21
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 62/114 62/114
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 50/62 50/62
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 30/52 30/52
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/8 2/8
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Nagal
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Kaliyanda Poonacha
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2024 2023 2022
32 - 29
4 - 11
15-13
Hard
2-6
1-4
I Hard
0-2
16-11
Clay
2-3

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