Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Petr Nesterov will square off in the 2^nd round of the Dobrich Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo is the pick to win this match.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.83
Petr Nesterov -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo vs. Petr Nesterov

There is no head to head record between Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo and Petr Nesterov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo

Ranked no. 336, Nikolas reached the 2^nd round after defeating Yanaki Milev 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sanchez-Izquierdo had a good straight sets win against Milev (6-3 6-4). During the match, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 67 points vs Milev’s 50. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sanchez-Izquierdo couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (35/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Milev 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Sanchez-Izquierdo has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (280-200). 19-24 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sanchez-Izquierdo has a composed261-173 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Nikolas’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.

The Spaniard has a composed 21-27 win-loss record in 2024, 19-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Dobrich Challenger

Sanchez-Izquierdo has never competed in this tournament before.

Petr Nesterov

Ranked no. 438, Nesterov reached the 2^nd round after beating Cezar Cretu 6-0 7-6(3)

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In the 1^st round, Nesterov had a good straight sets win against Cretu (6-0 7-6³). During the match Nesterov scored 77 points vs Cretu’s 59. Nesterov was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Nesterov blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Petr Nesterov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nesterov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Cretu 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).

Petr’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Aktobe and M15 Bucharest.

Nesterov has an aggregate 31-12 win-loss record in 2024, 21-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sanchez-Izquierdo	Nesterov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
Pts	67-50	77-59
Total Points	117	136
Winners	35	29
%Winners	52%	38%

Both Sanchez-Izquierdo and Nesterov played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sanchez-Izquierdo and Nesterov have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Nikolas scored 35 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Petr recorded 29 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sanchez-Izquierdo	Nesterov
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	3
1st in	42/59	45/65
%1st in	71%	69%
1st pts	35/42	29/45
%1st pts	83%	64%
2nd pts	7/17	10/20
%2nd pts	41%	50%

Sanchez-Izquierdo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nesterov scored 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Nesterov won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sanchez-Izquierdo	Nesterov
Won	3	5
Converted	3/10	5/18
% Converted	30%	28%
Conceded	4	9
Saved	3	7
% Saved	75%	78%
Times Broken	1	2

The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Petr broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Petr conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Sanchez-Izquierdo
	R1 Milev	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	67-50	67-50
Total points	117	117
Winners	35	35
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	42/59	42/59
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	35/42	35/42
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	7/17	7/17
% 2nd pts	41%	41%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Nesterov
	R1 Cretu	Total
Score	6-0 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	77-59	77-59
Total points	136	136
Winners	29	29
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	45/65	45/65
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	29/45	29/45
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/18	5/18
Converted %	28%	28%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Dobrich Challenger

• Petr NesterovNesterov – Cezar CretuCretu (6-0 7-6³) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Andrej MartinMartin (6-4 6-7³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander DonskiDonski – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Martin KrumichKrumich (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Yanaki MilevMilev (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Valerio AboianAboian – Nikolay NedelchevNedelchev (5-7 6-4 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi – Mirza BasicBasic (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Anthony GenovGenov (3-6 6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yshai OlielOliel – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Marvin MoellerMoeller (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Moez EcharguiEchargui – Hady HabibHabib (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander DonskiDonski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – (0-0) – H2H and prediction