Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy will play each other in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.86
Learner Tien -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Nishesh Basavareddy

This will be the 2^nd time that Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tien (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Tien won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger back in July 2024.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Tien reached the semifinal after beating Max Wiskandt 6-4 6-2, Micah Braswell 4-6 6-2 7-6(1) and Jay Clarke 6-7(8) 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Clarke, Tien recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁸ 6-3 6-2). During the match, Tien scored 115 points vs Clarke’s 100. Learner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tien recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Learner broke Clarke 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Tien has a fantastic record in the last 3 years having won 77% of his matches (101-31). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall17-4 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3 and the Fairfield Challenger where he defeated Bernard Tomic in the final 6-0 6-1.

The American has a compiled 59-10 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

Tien has never competed in this tournament before.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 170 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after defeating Colton Smith 6-2 6-4, Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-0 and Mark Lajal 6-3 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-3 7-6³

). During the match Basavareddy scored 77 points vs Lajal’s 63. Nishesh was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Basavareddy made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Nishesh broke Lajal 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basavareddy hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Tiburon Challenger where he defeated Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-1 6-1.

Nishesh has an aggregate 39-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Knoxville Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Basavareddy
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	6
Tot Games	79	56
Pts	308-267	200-146
Total Points	575	346
Winners	123	78
%Winners	40%	39%

Both Tien and Basavareddy played 3 matches. At the moment, Learner Tien surrendered 2 sets while Nishesh Basavareddy hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tien has played 2 sets more than Basavareddy (8 vs 6). Therefore, Tien played 23 games more than Basavareddy. Tien scored 123 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 78 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Basavareddy
Aces	21	14
Avg per match	7	4.7
1st in	166/265	102/162
%1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	123/166	78/102
%1st pts	74%	76%
2nd pts	48/99	41/60
%2nd pts	48%	68%

Tien bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Basavareddy scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Tien won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Basavareddy
Won	12	10
Converted	12/34	10/25
% Converted	35%	40%
Conceded	15	7
Saved	10	5
% Saved	67%	71%
Times Broken	5	2

The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Wiskandt	R2 Braswell	1/4 Clarke	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	4-6 6-2 7-61	6-78 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	18	31	30	79
pts	74-57	119-110	115-100	308-267
Total points	131	229	215	575
Winners	31	48	44	123
%Winners	42%	40%	38%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	11	5	21
Double Faults	4	6	5	15
1st in	41/56	66/113	59/96	166/265
% 1st in	73%	58%	61%	63%
1st pts	31/41	48/66	44/59	123/166
% 1st pts	76%	73%	75%	74%
2nd pts	6/15	23/47	19/37	48/99
% 2nd pts	40%	49%	51%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	12
Converted	4/12	3/11	5/11	12/34
Converted %	33%	27%	45%	35%
Conceded	1	9	5	15
Saved	0/1	7/9	3/5	10
Saved %	0%	78%	60%	46%
Times Broken	1	2	2	5

Basavareddy
	R1 Smith	R2 Svajda	1/4 Lajal	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-0	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	16	22	56
pts	65-49	58-34	77-63	200-146
Total points	114	92	140	346
Winners	24	23	31	78
%Winners	37%	40%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	6	14
Double Faults	0	0	3	3
1st in	31/47	27/43	44/72	102/162
% 1st in	66%	63%	61%	63%
1st pts	24/31	23/27	31/44	78/102
% 1st pts	77%	85%	70%	76%
2nd pts	13/16	11/16	17/28	41/60
% 2nd pts	81%	69%	61%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/10	4/6	3/9	10/25
Converted %	30%	67%	33%	40%
Conceded	1	1	5	7
Saved	1/1	1/1	3/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%	60%	87%
Times Broken	0	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger

• Micah Braswell/Eliot SpizzirriBraswell/Eliot Spizzirri – Marcelo Demoliner/Christian HarrisonDemoliner/Christian Harrison (4-6 7-6⁴ 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
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