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.
As 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
| 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
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
2 - 1win/loss
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LLLLLLWLWL | 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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
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