Petr Nesterov and Yanaki Milev will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Verona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CAMPO 4. 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 Yanaki Milev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yanaki Milev is the pick to win this match.
Yanaki Milev -> 1.87
Petr Nesterov -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Petr Nesterov vs. Yanaki Milev
This will be the 2nd time that Petr Nesterov and Yanaki Milev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Milev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Milev won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in M15 Kursumlijska Banja back in 2023.
Petr Nesterov
26 - 9win/loss
433
384
WLWLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-19 | 3-3 | 33-14 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 30-9 | 21-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 5-6 | 18-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 453 (career-high), Nesterov reached the qualifications after beating Marcello Serafini 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Nesterov had a good straight sets win against Serafini (6-2 6-2). During the match, Nesterov scored 65 points vs Serafini’s 43. Petr was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nesterov scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Petr Nesterov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Bulgarian broke Serafini 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Nesterov has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (103-55). 16-4 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nesterov has an aggregate55-28 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Aktobe and M15 Bucharest.
Petr has an overall 26-9 win-loss record in 2024, 16-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
The Bulgarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yanaki Milev
31 - 17win/loss
486
443
LLWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-25 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 0-0 | 35-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 456 (career-high), the Bulgarian got to the qualifications after defeating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Dutra Da Silva, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4).During the match Milev scored less points (10) than Dutra Da Silva. In fact, the world no. 453 won 86 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s. That means that Milev was more focused during the important points. Milev was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Milev fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yanaki Milev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Milev put 54% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (28/51) on the 2nd serve. Yanaki broke Dutra Da Silva 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Milev’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Yanaki has an aggregate 31-17 win-loss record in 2024, 31-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nesterov | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 |
| Pts | 65-43 | 86-96 |
| Total Points | 108 | 182 |
| Winners | 28 | 38 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Nesterov and Milev played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yanaki Milev conceded 1 set while Petr Nesterov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nesterov has played 1 set(s) less than Milev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nesterov played 12 games less than Milev. The Bulgarian scored 28 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Milev blasted 38 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nesterov | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8 |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 61/112 |
| %1st in | 72% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 38/61 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 28/51 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 55% |
Nesterov blasted 1 ace . Milev also managed to score 8 aces . Nesterov won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Milev won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nesterov | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 40% | 75% |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Bulgarian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Yanaki broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nesterov | |||
| Q1 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Milev | |||
| Q1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-96 | 86-96 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/112 | 61/112 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/61 | 38/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/51 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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