Dimitar Kuzmanov and Aleksandre Bakshi will square off in the semifinal of the Astana Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dimitar Kuzmanov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dimitar Kuzmanov is the pick to win this match.
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 1.27
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 3.44

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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Aleksandre Bakshi

There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Aleksandre Bakshi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 356, Dimitar got to the semifinal after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-1 7-6(6), Egor Agafonov 4-6 6-4 7-6(5) and Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Dimitar had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kuzmanov scored 67 points vs Donskoy’s 53. Dimitar was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kuzmanov recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Donskoy 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dimitar has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Kuzmanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (381-213). 5-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzmanov has an aggregate 130-51 match record in the last years on hard.

The Bulgarian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger.

The Bulgarian has an aggregate 13-16 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Aleksandre Bakshi

Ranked no. 622 (career-high), Bakshi reached the semifinal after defeating Ricardas Berankis 7-5 3-6 7-6(5), Seita Watanabe 6-3 6-1, Sergey Fomin 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(3) and Dimitar Kuzmanov .

In the quarter, Aleksandre defeated Fomin (7-6⁵ 6-7³ 7-6³). During the match Bakshi scored 139 points vs Fomin’s 137. Aleksandre was very aggressive to blast 62 winners.

About the serving games, Bakshi made 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aleksandre Bakshi was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (62/80) of his 1st serve and 52% (30/58) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aleksandre broke Fomin twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Georgean has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Bakshi’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Kachreti Challenger.

Aleksandre has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kuzmanov	Bakshi
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	72	89
Pts	234-202	303-276
Total Points	436	579
Winners	120	133
%Winners	51%	44%

Both Kuzmanov and Bakshi played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dimitar Kuzmanov dropped 1 set, while Aleksandre Bakshi lost 2 sets. Kuzmanov has played 1 set(s) less than Bakshi (7 vs 8). Therefore, Kuzmanov played 17 games less than Bakshi. Kuzmanov scored 120 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean recorded 133 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kuzmanov	Bakshi
Aces	21	27
Avg per match	7	9
1st in	157/222	169/284
%1st in	71%	60%
1st pts	120/157	133/169
%1st pts	76%	79%
2nd pts	31/65	65/115
%2nd pts	48%	57%

Kuzmanov recorded 21 aces (7 per match). Bakshi scored 27 aces (9 per match). Kuzmanov won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bakshi won 79% 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	Kuzmanov	Bakshi
Won	10	7
Converted	10/24	7/20
% Converted	42%	35%
Conceded	14	16
Saved	8	13
% Saved	57%	81%
Times Broken	6	3

The Bulgarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Georgean broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Bakshi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Kuzmanov
	R1 Bouzige	R2 Agafonov	1/4 Donskoy	Total
Score	6-1 7-66	4-6 6-4 7-65	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	33	19	72
pts	69-52	98-97	67-53	234-202
Total points	121	195	120	436
Winners	36	49	35	120
%Winners	52%	50%	52%	51%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	7	21
Double Faults	1	2	3	6
1st in	47/62	65/99	45/61	157/222
% 1st in	76%	66%	74%	71%
1st pts	36/47	49/65	35/45	120/157
% 1st pts	77%	75%	78%	76%
2nd pts	9/15	15/34	7/16	31/65
% 2nd pts	60%	44%	44%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/5	4/13	3/6	10/24
Converted %	60%	31%	50%	42%
Conceded	3	8	3	14
Saved	2/3	4/8	2/3	8
Saved %	67%	50%	67%	61%
Times Broken	1	4	1	6

Bakshi
	R1 Berankis	R2 Watanabe	1/4 Fomin	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 7-65	6-3 6-1	7-65 6-73 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	34	16	39	89
pts	107-110	57-29	139-137	303-276
Total points	217	86	276	579
Winners	46	25	62	133
%Winners	43%	44%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	11	3	13	27
Double Faults	4	1	6	11
1st in	62/108	27/38	80/138	169/284
% 1st in	57%	71%	58%	60%
1st pts	46/62	25/27	62/80	133/169
% 1st pts	74%	93%	78%	79%
2nd pts	28/46	7/11	30/58	65/115
% 2nd pts	61%	64%	52%	57%
Breaks
Won	1	4	2	7
Converted	1/6	4/6	2/8	7/20
Converted %	17%	67%	25%	35%
Conceded	4	0	12	16
Saved	3/4	0/0	10/12	13
Saved %	75%	–	83%	53%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger

• Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Sergey FominFomin (7-6⁵ 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze – Lukas PokornyPokorny (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo (7-6¹ 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction