TENNIS SCORES. Nedelko prevails over Zukas in the 1st round of the the Banja Luka Challenger

Ivan Nedelko dispatches Matias Zukas 6-1 7-5 in the 1^st round in Banja Luka Challenger on Tuesday. Nedelko will fight against Sumit Nagal in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nedelko started the set strong after breaking Zukas in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Ivan to win the set because Matias found the way to break back in the 5^th (1-4) game. Ivan maintained his cool to break the Argentine in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

A crucial moment of the match was when the Russian won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

2^nd set.

Nedelko won the set after he broke Zukas in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Zukas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Ivan kept the situation under control before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nedelko scored 70 points vs. the Argentine’s 50 points.

The Russian served extremely well to win 76% of the points (28/37) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 45% points (9/20) on his second serve. Ivan was pretty effective in converting 63% of the break points that he procured (5/8). On the other side, Matias was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nedelko and Zukas is 2-0.

Next Match: Ivan Nedelko vs. Sumit Nagal – stats

Nedelko will face Nagal in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Ivan Nedelko and Sumit Nagal since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Banja Luka Challenger

• Matej SabanovSabanov – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Matias ZukasZukas (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabien ReboulReboul – Jaume Pla MalfeitoPla Malfeito (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Sadio DoumbiaDoumbia (1-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ErlerErler (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Marko MiladinovicMiladinovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-2 5-7 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Guilherme ClezarClezar – Jelle SelsSels (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Baptiste CrepatteCrepatte – Miljan ZekicZekic (4-6 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Matija PecoticPecotic – Goran RadanovicRadanovic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Vaclav SafranekSafranek – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Filip KroloKrolo (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
• Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Nemanja MalesevicMalesevic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Corentin DenollyDenolly – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Carlos BerlocqBerlocq (0-1) – See H2H details
• Rogerio Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Guilherme ClezarClezar (1-1) – See H2H details
• Robin HaaseHaase – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-0) – See H2H details
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-0) – See H2H details
• Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Marko MiladinovicMiladinovic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Pedja KrstinKrstin – Riccardo BalzeraniBalzerani (0-0) – See H2H details
• Danylo KalenichenkoKalenichenko – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – See H2H details
• Sumit NagalNagal – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Fabien ReboulReboul – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Matej SabanovSabanov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Filippo BaldiBaldi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-0) – See H2H details
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – See H2H details