Adrian Andreev and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will square off in the semifinal of the Porto 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL. 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 Adrian Andreev who should win in 3 sets.
Adrian Andreev -> 1.76
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Adrian Andreev vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
This will be the 2nd time that Adrian Andreev and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sanchez-Izquierdo (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 6-4 0-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Troyes Challenger back in 2022.
Adrian Andreev
30 - 22win/loss
261
183
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 30-22 | 7-4 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 26-29 | 7-7 | 16-16 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
2022 | 49-29 | 7-7 | 29-15 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 27-22 | 6-7 | 20-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 22-8 | 10-2 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, the Bulgarian reached the semifinal after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 6-4 6-4, Mate Valkusz 6-4 6-2 and Daniel Cukierman 7-6(7) 6-4.
In the quarter, Andreev had a good straight sets win against Cukierman (7-67 6-4). During the match, Andreev scored 82 points vs Cukierman’s 75. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Andreev scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Adrian Andreev lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Andreev put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Adrian broke Cukierman 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adrian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Andreev has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (183-139). 20-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Andreev has an overall119-73 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Adrian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Zadar Challenger.
Adrian has an overall 30-22 win-loss record in 2024, 20-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto 2 Challenger
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
24 - 28win/loss
331
238
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 24-28 | 2-2 | 22-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 33-16 | 1-1 | 32-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-0, Hynek Barton 6-3 6-4 and Daniel Masur 7-6(7) 6-4.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Masur (7-67 6-4). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 89 points vs Masur’s 82. Sanchez-Izquierdo was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Sanchez-Izquierdo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 83% of his first serves in, winning 65% (45/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke Masur 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sanchez-Izquierdo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Nikolas’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Sabadell.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has an aggregate 24-28 win-loss record in 2024, 22-25 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Andreev | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
---|---|---|
Match played | 3 | 3 |
Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
Tot Games | 61 | 57 |
Pts | 202-173 | 206-166 |
Total Points | 375 | 372 |
Winners | 83 | 103 |
%Winners | 41% | 50% |
Both Andreev and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Andreev and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Andreev played 4 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. Andreev scored 83 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 103 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Andreev | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
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Aces | 4 | 2 |
Avg per match | 1.3 | 0.7 |
1st in | 117/176 | 154/194 |
%1st in | 66% | 79% |
1st pts | 83/117 | 103/154 |
%1st pts | 71% | 67% |
2nd pts | 30/59 | 19/40 |
%2nd pts | 51% | 48% |
Andreev recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Sanchez-Izquierdo struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Andreev won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Andreev | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
---|---|---|
Won | 12 | 12 |
Converted | 12/22 | 12/24 |
% Converted | 55% | 50% |
Conceded | 11 | 15 |
Saved | 5 | 10 |
% Saved | 45% | 67% |
Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Andreev broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Adrian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Nikolas broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Andreev | |||||
R1 Jorda Sanchis | R2 Valkusz | 1/4 Cukierman | Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 23 | 61 | |
pts | 64-57 | 56-41 | 82-75 | 202-173 | |
Total points | 121 | 97 | 157 | 375 | |
Winners | 27 | 25 | 31 | 83 | |
%Winners | 42% | 45% | 38% | 41% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 36/59 | 33/46 | 48/71 | 117/176 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 72% | 68% | 66% | |
1st pts | 27/36 | 25/33 | 31/48 | 83/117 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 76% | 65% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 10/23 | 8/13 | 12/23 | 30/59 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 62% | 52% | 51% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 12/22 | |
Converted % | 50% | 80% | 44% | 55% | |
Conceded | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 5 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | 40% | 47% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||||
R1 Kirkin | R2 Barton | 1/4 Masur | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 23 | 57 | |
pts | 54-32 | 63-52 | 89-82 | 206-166 | |
Total points | 86 | 115 | 171 | 372 | |
Winners | 22 | 36 | 45 | 103 | |
%Winners | 41% | 57% | 51% | 50% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
1st in | 33/46 | 52/65 | 69/83 | 154/194 | |
% 1st in | 72% | 80% | 83% | 79% | |
1st pts | 22/33 | 36/52 | 45/69 | 103/154 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 69% | 65% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 6/13 | 7/13 | 6/14 | 19/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 54% | 43% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
Converted | 6/9 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 12/24 | |
Converted % | 67% | 60% | 30% | 50% | |
Conceded | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 6/8 | 10 | |
Saved % | 33% | 75% | 75% | 61% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Tennis Scores in Porto 2 Challenger
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Daniel MasurMasur (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel Cukierman/Piotr MatuszewskiCukierman/Piotr Matuszewski – Adrian Andreev/Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoAndreev/Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-1) – H2H and prediction