James Duckworth and Sumit Nagal will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on IWB COURT 1. 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 James Duckworth who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Duckworth is the pick to win this match.
James Duckworth -> 1.31
Sumit Nagal -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Sumit Nagal

This will be the 2^nd time that James Duckworth and Sumit Nagal play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Duckworth (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Duckworth won 6-3 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Canberra Challenger back in 2016.

James Duckworth

Ranked no. 63, Duckworth reached the qualifications after beating Mika Brunold 6-3 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, James had a good straight sets win against Brunold (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Duckworth scored 73 points vs Brunold’s 58. James was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Duckworth blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, James Duckworth was very effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. James broke Brunold twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (310-201). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Duckworth has an overall 31-26 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Hangzhou Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4.

The Australian has a composed 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 78, Nagal reached the qualifications after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 5-7 7-6(3) 7-6(5).

In the qualifications against Diaz Acosta, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6³ 7-6⁵). During the match Nagal scored 139 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 133. Sumit was very aggressive to blast 60 winners.

About the serving games, Nagal struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sumit Nagal lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Nagal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (60/90) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the 2nd serve. Nagal broke Diaz Acosta 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-1 6-4 and the Heilbronn Challenger where he overcame Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3.

Sumit has a composed 32-25 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Basel

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Duckworth	Nagal
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	38
Pts	73-58	139-133
Total Points	131	272
Winners	37	60
%Winners	51%	43%

Both Duckworth and Nagal played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Sumit Nagal surrendered 1 set while James Duckworth hasn’t conceded a set so far. Duckworth has played 1 set(s) less than Nagal (2 vs 3). Therefore, Duckworth played 16 games less than Nagal. James scored 37 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian managed to score 60 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Duckworth	Nagal
Aces	10	5
Avg per match	10	5
1st in	45/63	90/137
%1st in	71%	66%
1st pts	37/45	60/90
%1st pts	82%	67%
2nd pts	11/18	25/47
%2nd pts	61%	53%

Duckworth struck 10 aces . Nagal recorded 5 aces . Duckworth won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Duckworth	Nagal
Won	2	3
Converted	2/4	3/7
% Converted	50%	43%
Conceded	2	19
Saved	1	15
% Saved	50%	79%
Times Broken	1	4

James broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nagal broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Duckworth
	Q1 Brunold	Total
Score	6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	73-58	73-58
Total points	131	131
Winners	37	37
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	10	10
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	45/63	45/63
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	37/45	37/45
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Nagal
	Q1 Diaz	Total
Score	5-7 7-63 7-65
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	38	38
pts	139-133	139-133
Total points	272	272
Winners	60	60
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	90/137	90/137
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	60/90	60/90
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	25/47	25/47
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	19	19
Saved	15/19	15
Saved %	79%	79%
Times Broken	4	4

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