Luka Mikrut and Sumit Nagal will clash against each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Mikrut who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.71
Sumit Nagal -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Luka Mikrut vs. Sumit Nagal

There is no head to head record between Luka Mikrut and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Luka Mikrut

Ranked no. 239 (career-high), Mikrut reached the quarter after beating Joel Schwaerzler 7-6(3) 6-2 and Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Luka had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-3 6-3). During the match, Mikrut scored 65 points vs Lajovic’s 46. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Mikrut fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luka Mikrut lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Mikrut put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the 2nd serve. Mikrut broke Lajovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Mikrut has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (134-82). 45-14 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Mikrut has an aggregate111-66 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Como Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 7-5.

The Croatian has a compiled 48-17 win-loss record in 2025, 45-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Mikrut has never competed in this tournament before.

Sumit Nagal

Ranked no. 289, Nagal reached the quarter after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-0, Enrico Dalla Valle 6-3 4-6 6-0, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-1 6-4 and Roberto Carballes Baena 5-7 4-1 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Carballes Baena, Nagal had a free pass after Carballes Baena retired on a 5-7 4-1 . scoreline.

Sumit’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Trieste Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.

Sumit has a composed 30-25 win-loss record in 2025, 26-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Mikrut	Nagal
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	10
Tot Games	39	75
Pts	141-107	269-206
Total Points	248	475
Winners	48	109
%Winners	34%	41%

Mikrut played 2 matches while Nagal competed in 4 matches. Nagal started his run from the qualifications while Mikrut had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sumit Nagal conceded 2 sets while Luka Mikrut hasn’t lost a set so far. Mikrut has played 6 set(s) less than Nagal (4 vs 10). Therefore, Mikrut played 36 games less than Nagal. The Croatian scored 48 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian blasted 109 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Mikrut	Nagal
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	3.5	1.8
1st in	65/119	156/228
%1st in	55%	68%
1st pts	48/65	109/156
%1st pts	74%	70%
2nd pts	30/54	41/72
%2nd pts	56%	57%

Mikrut managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Nagal recorded 7 aces (1.8 per match). Mikrut won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Nagal won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Mikrut	Nagal
Won	9	18
Converted	9/14	18/46
% Converted	64%	39%
Conceded	9	25
Saved	5	17
% Saved	56%	68%
Times Broken	4	8

Mikrut broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 18 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Mikrut
	R1 Schwaerzler	R2 Lajovic	Total
Score	7-63 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	18	39
pts	76-61	65-46	141-107
Total points	137	111	248
Winners	27	21	48
%Winners	36%	32%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	5	7
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	32/67	33/52	65/119
% 1st in	48%	63%	55%
1st pts	27/32	21/33	48/65
% 1st pts	84%	64%	74%
2nd pts	17/35	13/19	30/54
% 2nd pts	49%	68%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/9	9/14
Converted %	80%	56%	64%
Conceded	7	2	9
Saved	5/7	0/2	5
Saved %	71%	0%	36%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Nagal
	Q1 Fanselow	Q3 Dalla Valle	R1 Ferreira Silva	R2 Carballes Baena	Total
Score	6-4 6-0	6-3 4-6 6-0	6-1 6-4	5-7 4-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	16	25	17	17	75
pts	59-36	93-72	61-44	56-54	269-206
Total points	95	165	105	110	475
Winners	20	44	26	19	109
%Winners	34%	47%	43%	34%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	0	2	7
Double Faults	2	2	3	2	9
1st in	26/37	63/83	40/55	27/53	156/228
% 1st in	70%	76%	73%	51%	68%
1st pts	20/26	44/63	26/40	19/27	109/156
% 1st pts	77%	70%	65%	70%	70%
2nd pts	8/11	10/20	9/15	14/26	41/72
% 2nd pts	73%	50%	60%	54%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	6	5	2	18
Converted	5/12	6/15	5/9	2/10	18/46
Converted %	42%	40%	56%	20%	39%
Conceded	1	13	5	6	25
Saved	0/1	10/13	3/5	4/6	17
Saved %	0%	77%	60%	67%	102%
Times Broken	1	3	2	2	8

Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger

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• Mircea-Alexandru Jecan/Bogdan PavelJecan/Bogdan Pavel – Jiri Barnat/Filip DudaBarnat/Filip Duda (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

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