Murkel Dellien and Dali Blanch will square off in the semifinal of the Sofia 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Dellien who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Murkel Dellien is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Dellien -> 1.5
Dali Blanch -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Murkel Dellien vs. Dali Blanch

There is no head to head record between Murkel Dellien and Dali Blanch since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Murkel Dellien

Ranked no. 287, Alejandro Dellien Velasco reached the semifinal after defeating Anas Mazdrashki 6-0 6-3, Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-3 and Sandro Kopp 7-6(5) 6-0.

In the quarter, Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a good straight sets win against Kopp (7-6⁵ 6-0). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 70 points vs Kopp’s 50. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Murkel Dellien lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 67% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Murkel broke Kopp 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Murkel hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (199-134). 21-22 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a compiled188-121 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Bolivian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Rosario Challenger and the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger.

Murkel has an aggregate 21-24 win-loss record in 2025, 21-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sofia 1 Challenger

Murkel has never competed in this tournament before.

Dali Blanch

Ranked no. 473 (career-high), Dali reached the semifinal after beating Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4 7-5, Tadeas Paroulek 7-5 6-4, Olle Wallin 6-3 3-6 7-6(3), Mika Brunold 6-4 5-7 6-2 and Duje Ajdukovic 6-4 7-6(3).

In the quarter, Dali had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-4 7-6³). During the match Blanch scored 83 points vs Ajdukovic’s 76. Dali was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Blanch blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Dali Blanch was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dali broke Ajdukovic twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dali started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Dali’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja.

Dali has a composed 38-19 win-loss record in 2025, 34-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Blanch
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	12
Tot Games	53	128
Pts	201-145	420-387
Total Points	346	807
Winners	79	168
%Winners	39%	40%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 3 matches while Blanch competed in 5 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dali Blanch conceded 2 sets while Murkel Dellien hasn’t dropped a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 6 set(s) less than Blanch (6 vs 12). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 75 games less than Blanch. Murkel scored 79 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Dali bagged 168 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Blanch
Aces	3	39
Avg per match	1	7.8
1st in	102/162	220/415
%1st in	63%	53%
1st pts	79/102	168/220
%1st pts	77%	76%
2nd pts	28/60	96/195
%2nd pts	47%	49%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Blanch scored 39 aces (7.8 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Blanch
Won	14	19
Converted	14/25	19/39
% Converted	56%	49%
Conceded	12	35
Saved	9	23
% Saved	75%	66%
Times Broken	3	12

Murkel broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. Murkel dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Blanch broke his opponents 19 times with a 49% conversion rate. Dali conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
	R1 Mazdrashki	R2 Yevseyev	1/4 Kopp	Total
Score	6-0 6-3	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	19	19	53
pts	62-38	69-57	70-50	201-145
Total points	100	126	120	346
Winners	22	26	31	79
%Winners	35%	38%	44%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	1	2	3	6
1st in	27/46	35/56	40/60	102/162
% 1st in	59%	63%	67%	63%
1st pts	22/27	26/35	31/40	79/102
% 1st pts	81%	74%	78%	77%
2nd pts	9/19	10/21	9/20	28/60
% 2nd pts	47%	48%	45%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	4	4	14
Converted	6/9	4/7	4/9	14/25
Converted %	67%	57%	44%	56%
Conceded	3	5	4	12
Saved	2/3	4/5	3/4	9
Saved %	67%	80%	75%	74%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Blanch
	Q1 Kumar	Q3 Paroulek	R1 Wallin	R2 Brunold	1/4 Ajdukovic	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	7-5 6-4	6-3 3-6 7-63	6-4 5-7 6-2	6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	2	12
Tot Games	22	22	31	30	23	128
pts	67-56	72-61	92-92	106-102	83-76	420-387
Total points	123	133	184	208	159	807
Winners	25	23	39	41	40	168
%Winners	37%	32%	42%	39%	48%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	15	4	6	39
Double Faults	2	3	5	2	5	17
1st in	31/60	29/59	51/96	56/111	53/89	220/415
% 1st in	52%	49%	53%	50%	60%	53%
1st pts	25/31	23/29	39/51	41/56	40/53	168/220
% 1st pts	81%	79%	76%	73%	75%	76%
2nd pts	14/29	17/30	21/45	25/55	19/36	96/195
% 2nd pts	48%	57%	47%	45%	53%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	5	2	19
Converted	4/6	4/9	4/7	5/14	2/3	19/39
Converted %	67%	44%	57%	36%	67%	49%
Conceded	4	4	10	8	9	35
Saved	2/4	2/4	6/10	5/8	8/9	23
Saved %	50%	50%	60%	63%	89%	104%
Times Broken	2	2	4	3	1	12

Tennis Scores in Sofia 1 Challenger

• Dali BlanchBlanch – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Zdenek Kolar/Nino SerdarusicKolar/Nino Serdarusic – Franco Agamenone/Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiAgamenone/Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Sergey Fomin/Pavel VerbinFomin/Pavel Verbin – Ignacio Carou/Murkel DellienCarou/Murkel Dellien (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Sebastian GimaGima (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel DellienDellien – Sandro KoppKopp (7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Sebastian GimaGima (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Murkel DellienDellien – Sandro KoppKopp (7-6(5) 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nerman FaticFatic – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – (0-0) – H2H and prediction