Abedallah Shelbayh and Alexandr Binda will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Astana Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER 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 Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.37
Alexandr Binda -> 2.9

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Alexandr Binda

There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Alexandr Binda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Ranked no. 386, Abedallah got to the semifinal after defeating Maxim Zhukov 6-3 6-4, Woobin Shin 4-6 6-3 ret. and Clement Chidekh 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Chidekh, Abedallah recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Shelbayh scored 84 points vs Chidekh’s 74. Shelbayh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelbayh made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Abedallah Shelbayh was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Abedallah broke Chidekh 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelbayh has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Shelbayh has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (131-106). 10-5 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Shelbayh has a composed79-44 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Shelbayh has an aggregate 12-20 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexandr Binda

Ranked no. 420, the Russian got to the semifinal after beating Petr Bar Biryukov 6-3 2-1 ret., Olaf Pieczkowski 6-2 5-7 6-4 and Karan Singh 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Alexandr had a good straight sets win against Singh (6-4 6-4). During the match Binda scored 70 points vs Singh’s 59. Alexandr was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Binda bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexandr Binda lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Binda put 61% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Singh 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Binda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Binda’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Ahmedabad and M15 Tsaghkadzor.

Alexandr has an aggregate 37-18 win-loss record in 2025, 30-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelbayh	Binda
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	66	62
Pts	208-183	228-191
Total Points	391	419
Winners	81	94
%Winners	39%	41%

Both Shelbayh and Binda played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Abedallah Shelbayh surrendered 2 sets, while Alexandr Binda dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelbayh and Binda have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Shelbayh played 4 games more than Binda. Shelbayh scored 81 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandr recorded 94 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelbayh	Binda
Aces	14	11
Avg per match	4.7	3.7
1st in	112/197	130/199
%1st in	57%	65%
1st pts	81/112	94/130
%1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	49/85	38/69
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Shelbayh recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Binda managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Shelbayh won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Binda won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelbayh	Binda
Won	10	10
Converted	10/19	10/27
% Converted	53%	37%
Conceded	18	18
Saved	11	14
% Saved	61%	78%
Times Broken	7	4

Shelbayh broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Shelbayh lost his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Alexandr broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelbayh
	R1 Zhukov	R2 Shin	1/4 Chidekh	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-3 ret.	3-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	19	28	66
pts	58-42	66-67	84-74	208-183
Total points	100	133	158	391
Winners	25	22	34	81
%Winners	43%	33%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	6	14
Double Faults	2	3	3	8
1st in	28/49	39/71	45/77	112/197
% 1st in	57%	55%	58%	57%
1st pts	25/28	22/39	34/45	81/112
% 1st pts	89%	56%	76%	72%
2nd pts	13/21	16/32	20/32	49/85
% 2nd pts	62%	50%	63%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/3	4/9	3/7	10/19
Converted %	100%	44%	43%	53%
Conceded	1	10	7	18
Saved	0/1	6/10	5/7	11
Saved %	0%	60%	71%	44%
Times Broken	1	4	2	7

Binda
	R1 Bar	R2 Pieczkowski	1/4 Singh	Total
Score	6-3 2-1 ret.	6-2 5-7 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	12	30	20	62
pts	58-40	100-92	70-59	228-191
Total points	98	192	129	419
Winners	18	46	30	94
%Winners	31%	46%	43%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	0	6	11
Double Faults	0	2	5	7
1st in	20/26	71/109	39/64	130/199
% 1st in	77%	65%	61%	65%
1st pts	18/20	46/71	30/39	94/130
% 1st pts	90%	65%	77%	72%
2nd pts	6/6	22/38	10/25	38/69
% 2nd pts	100%	58%	40%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	4	4	10
Converted	2/15	4/7	4/5	10/27
Converted %	13%	57%	80%	37%
Conceded	0	12	6	18
Saved	0/0	10/12	4/6	14
Saved %	–	83%	67%	50%
Times Broken	0	2	2	4

Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger

• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Clement ChidekhChidekh (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro ImaiImai – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexandr BindaBinda – Karan SinghSingh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Clement ChidekhChidekh (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Shintaro ImaiImai – (0-0) – H2H and prediction