Nishesh Basavareddy and Alex Rybakov will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on THE GOLDENBERG COURT. 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 Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.181
Alex Rybakov -> 4.4

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Prediction and head to head Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Alex Rybakov

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

The last time that they competed against each other, Basavareddy won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Charleston Challenger back in September 2024.

Nishesh Basavareddy

Ranked no. 172, Basavareddy reached the 2^nd round after beating Martin Borisiouk 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Nishesh had a good straight sets win against Borisiouk (6-3 6-1). During the match, Basavareddy scored 69 points vs Borisiouk’s 47. The American was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Basavareddy scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Basavareddy broke Borisiouk 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Basavareddy has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (54-26). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Basavareddy has a composed13-7 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

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

Nishesh has a compiled 40-15 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Nishesh has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Rybakov

Ranked no. 576, Alex reached the 2^nd

round after beating Drew Van Orderlain 6-3 7-6(2), Zachary Viiala 6-3 6-4 and Ezekiel Clark 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Clark (6-3 6-2). During the match Rybakov scored 60 points vs Clark’s 41. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Rybakov blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Rybakov was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Clark 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Alex’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sunrise.

Rybakov has a composed 29-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Champaign Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Basavareddy	Rybakov
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	16	58
Pts	69-47	202-155
Total Points	116	357
Winners	25	83
%Winners	36%	41%

Basavareddy played 1 match while Rybakov competed in 3 matches. Rybakov started his run from the qualifications while Basavareddy had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Basavareddy has played 4 set(s) less than Rybakov (2 vs 6). Therefore, Basavareddy played 42 games less than Rybakov. Nishesh scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 83 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Basavareddy	Rybakov
Aces	1	14
Avg per match	1	4.7
1st in	30/54	107/166
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	25/30	83/107
%1st pts	83%	78%
2nd pts	13/24	39/59
%2nd pts	54%	66%

Basavareddy struck 1 ace . Rybakov also managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Basavareddy won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Basavareddy	Rybakov
Won	4	8
Converted	4/9	8/27
% Converted	44%	30%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	2	2
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	1

Basavareddy broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Rybakov broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Basavareddy
	R1 Borisiouk	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	69-47	69-47
Total points	116	116
Winners	25	25
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	30/54	30/54
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	25/30	25/30
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Rybakov
	Q1 Van Orderlain	Q3 Viiala	R1 Clark	Total
Score	6-3 7-62	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	19	17	58
pts	81-65	61-49	60-41	202-155
Total points	146	110	101	357
Winners	29	30	24	83
%Winners	36%	49%	40%	41%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	6	14
Double Faults	2	1	3	6
1st in	38/60	38/54	31/52	107/166
% 1st in	63%	70%	60%	64%
1st pts	29/38	30/38	24/31	83/107
% 1st pts	76%	79%	77%	78%
2nd pts	15/22	11/16	13/21	39/59
% 2nd pts	68%	69%	62%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	8
Converted	3/13	2/10	3/4	8/27
Converted %	23%	20%	75%	30%
Conceded	1	1	1	3
Saved	0/1	1/1	1/1	2
Saved %	0%	100%	100%	200%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

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• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Aidan MchughMchugh (2-6 7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

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