Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Matias Soto will square off in the 2nd round of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 1.28
Matias Soto -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco vs. Matias Soto
This will be the 2nd time that Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Matias Soto face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alejandro Dellien Velasco (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in M15 Quito back in 2022.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-31 | 1-1 | 47-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 1-4 | 54-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-13 | 3-2 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229 (career-high), the Bolivian reached the 2nd round after defeating Marc Polmans 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Murkel had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-3 6-4). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 65 points vs Polmans’s 53. The Bolivian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Murkel broke Polmans 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (156-86). 26-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a compiled146-77 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Murkel’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a compiled 26-7 win-loss record in 2024, 26-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Matias Soto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-23 | 6-7 | 39-15 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 582, the Chilean got to the 2nd round after beating James Kent Trotter 7-5 7-65, Facundo Mena 6-3 7-64 and Benjamin Lock 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Lock, The Chilean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match Soto scored 90 points vs Lock’s 72. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Soto recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Matias Soto was quite effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Matias broke Lock 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Matias has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Matias has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 73 |
| Pts | 65-53 | 256-212 |
| Total Points | 118 | 468 |
| Winners | 32 | 108 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match while Soto competed in 3 matches. Soto started his run from the qualifications while Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matias Soto surrendered 1 set while Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco hasn’t lost a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 5 set(s) less than Soto (2 vs 7). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 54 games less than Soto. Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 32 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Matias struck 108 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 135/217 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 108/135 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 49/82 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 60% |
Alejandro Dellien Velasco blasted 5 aces . Soto recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alejandro Dellien Velasco | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Murkel broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alejandro Dellien Velasco surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Soto broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alejandro Dellien Velasco | |||
| R1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Soto | |||||
| Q1 Kent |
Q3 Mena |
R1 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | 6-3 7-64 | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 26 | 73 | |
| pts | 92-77 | 74-63 | 90-72 | 256-212 | |
| Total points | 169 | 137 | 162 | 468 | |
| Winners | 37 | 38 | 33 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 51% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 48/70 | 40/76 | 135/217 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 53% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 38/48 | 33/40 | 108/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 12/22 | 23/36 | 49/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 55% | 64% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/4 | 3/8 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 67% | 138% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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