Daniil Medvedev and Sho Shimabukuro will play each other in the 2nd round of the Almaty Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm 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 Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.106
Sho Shimabukuro -> 6.55
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Daniil Medvedev and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Daniil Medvedev
45 - 18win/loss
5
1
WWWWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49-18 | 34-10 | 5-4 | 4-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-23 | 20-12 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-21 | 28-9 | 11-5 | 1-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-18 | 38-8 | 10-3 | 11-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-19 | 26-8 | 3-2 | 8-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Medvedev will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Jodar in the semifinal on the 17th of October.
The Russian has a composed 45-18 win-loss record in 2026, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he overcame Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-2 7-6(1) and in Dubai where he overcame Tallon Griekspoor in the final w/o and in Hangzhou where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 7-5 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Daniil has an overall 622-260 record. He has a positive 139-67 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2025. See his history.
Sho Shimabukuro
31 - 28win/loss
106
87
WLWLLLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-29 | 20-20 | 0-2 | 5-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-23 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 19-17 | 7-1 | 9-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Shimabukuro got to the 2nd round after beating Roman Safiullin 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Safiullin, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-4). During the match Shimabukuro scored 100 points vs Safiullin’s 99. Sho was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sho Shimabukuro was very effective on serve to win 74% (50/68) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sho broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Sho has a composed 31-28 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- James DuckworthDuckworth – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
