Yan Bai vs N Sriram Balaji — New Delhi CH Round of 32

New Delhi CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
CHN7
Yan Bai
#1489ATP
37 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 February 2016
hard
IND
N Sriram Balaji
36 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLLLL
Bai Y.
7-6 6-3
Balaji N.
Bai Y.
7762
Balaji N.
6430

Yan Bai defeated N Sriram Balaji 7-6 6-3 in the New Delhi CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — N Sriram Balaji came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Yan Bai closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Bai Y.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Balaji N.

Balaji N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Bai Y.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Bai Y.Balaji N.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
40%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
66%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.5
7.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (156 vs 79). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Bai Y.Balaji N.
Clutch Rating·Even
18
20
Break points saved·Dominant
23
78
Break points won·Even
17
19
Deciding sets·Dominant
73
21
Tiebreaks·Even
17
20

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Robert S.[3]
Myneni S.[4]
6-36-0
Semi-finals
Myneni S.[4]
Coppejans K.[2]
6-36-2
Robert S.[3]
Cipolla F.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Coppejans K.[2]
Gunneswaran P.
6-36-2
Robert S.[3]
Popko D.
6-26-0
Cipolla F.
Wang J.
6-36-2
Myneni S.[4]
Li Z.
6-46-1
R16
Coppejans K.[2]
Janvier M.
6-26-4
Robert S.[3]
Mitchell B.
7-647-5
Wang J.
Chen T.[8]
6-36-2
Cipolla F.
De Loore J.
6-47-62
Gunneswaran P.
Bai Y.[7]
W/O
Myneni S.[4]
Barton M.
6-36-4
Li Z.
Vardhan V.
3-66-36-3
Popko D.
Marcora R.
7-666-3
R32
Mitchell B.
Takeuchi K.
4-1
Robert S.[3]
Singh S.
6-41-0
Gunneswaran P.
Nedunchezhiyan J.
6-46-4
Bai Y.[7]
Balaji N.
7-646-3
Barton M.
Barry S.
6-36-2
Li Z.
Mertens Y.[5]
4-66-36-4
Marcora R.
Zhang Z.[6]
5-77-636-1
Popko D.
Niki T.
7-643-66-3
Wang J.
Sundar Prashanth N.
6-26-2
Cipolla F.
Desein N.
6-41-66-1
De Loore J.
Bhambri Y.[1]
6-47-64
Coppejans K.[2]
Lee D.
2-66-26-3
Janvier M.
Vilardo F.
6-16-4
Myneni S.[4]
Bega A.
6-36-2
Vardhan V.
Kalyanpur A.
6-16-1
Chen T.[8]
Griekspoor S.
7-656-3