Liam Draxl and Ernesto Escobedo will clash against each other in the quarter of the Manzanillo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.49
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Ernesto Escobedo

There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Ernesto Escobedo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 269, Liam got to the quarter after defeating Luis Carlos Alvarez 7-6(6) 5-7 6-1 and Karl Poling 6-3 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, Liam had a good straight sets win against Poling (6-3 7-6³). During the match, Draxl scored 77 points vs Poling’s 66. Draxl was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Liam was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Poling twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (155-80). 15-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draxl has an aggregate82-43 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Canadian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Constanta,M25 Edmonton,Desmaures and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.

Draxl has a compiled 45-23 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manzanillo Challenger

Liam has never competed in this tournament before.

Ernesto Escobedo

Ranked no. 458, Escobedo reached the quarter after beating Giles Hussey 6-2 6-3 and Michael Geerts 4-6 6-2 7-6(7).

In the 2^nd round against Geerts, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-6⁷). During the match Escobedo scored 97 points vs Geerts’s 93. Ernesto was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Escobedo made 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ernesto Escobedo lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Escobedo put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (49/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Ernesto broke Geerts 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Escobedo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Ernesto’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Villahermosa.

The American has an aggregate 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Escobedo
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	54	48
Pts	194-174	159-134
Total Points	368	293
Winners	93	71
%Winners	48%	45%

Both Draxl and Escobedo played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Liam Draxl dropped 1 set, while Ernesto Escobedo surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Escobedo have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Draxl played 6 games more than Escobedo. Liam scored 93 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Ernesto scored 71 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Escobedo
Aces	18	14
Avg per match	9	7
1st in	132/197	88/140
%1st in	67%	63%
1st pts	93/132	71/88
%1st pts	70%	81%
2nd pts	32/65	27/52
%2nd pts	49%	52%

Draxl blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Escobedo managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Draxl won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Escobedo won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Draxl	Escobedo
Won	6	7
Converted	6/14	7/14
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	18	8
Saved	14	6
% Saved	78%	75%
Times Broken	4	2

Draxl broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Liam lost his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Ernesto broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ernesto conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Carlos	R2 Poling	Total
Score	7-66 5-7 6-1	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	22	54
pts	117-108	77-66	194-174
Total points	225	143	368
Winners	59	34	93
%Winners	50%	44%	48%
SERVE
Aces	12	6	18
Double Faults	0	2	2
1st in	83/115	49/82	132/197
% 1st in	72%	60%	67%
1st pts	59/83	34/49	93/132
% 1st pts	71%	69%	70%
2nd pts	13/32	19/33	32/65
% 2nd pts	41%	58%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/12	2/2	6/14
Converted %	33%	100%	43%
Conceded	11	7	18
Saved	8/11	6/7	14
Saved %	73%	86%	80%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Escobedo
	R1 Hussey	R2 Geerts	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	4-6 6-2 7-67
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	31	48
pts	62-41	97-93	159-134
Total points	103	190	293
Winners	22	49	71
%Winners	35%	51%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	11	14
Double Faults	0	6	6
1st in	27/40	61/100	88/140
% 1st in	68%	61%	63%
1st pts	22/27	49/61	71/88
% 1st pts	81%	80%	81%
2nd pts	10/13	17/39	27/52
% 2nd pts	77%	44%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/8	3/6	7/14
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	0	8	8
Saved	0/0	6/8	6
Saved %	–	75%	38%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Manzanillo Challenger

• Giles Hussey/Oliver OkonkwoHussey/Oliver Okonkwo – Pranav Kumar/Noah SchachterKumar/Noah Schachter (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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