Yosuke Watanuki and Tim Van Rijthoven will square off in the semifinal of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT.
Yosuke Watanuki: results and record
Ranked no. 302, the Japanese got to the semifinal after defeating Kazuki Nishiwaki 6-3 6-4, Yan Bai 6-3 6-1, Taisei Ichikawa 6-2 6-1 and Ji Sung Nam 6-4 2-2 ret..
Watanuki has a 19-21 win-loss record in 2019, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Kobe Challenger
Yousuke capitulated in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3 to Tatsuma Ito.
Tim Van Rijthoven: results and record
Ranked no. 386, Van Rijthoven reached the semifinal after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-1 6-4, Tung-Lin Wu 6-72 6-4 7-63 and Luke Saville 7-62 7-68.
Van Rijthoven has a 9-11 win-loss record in 2019, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Kobe Challenger
Van Rijthoven didn’t compete in the Kobe Challenger in 2018.
Kobe Challenger Live score and result Yosuke Watanuki vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Tim Van Rijthoven since this will be the first time that they will square off at pro level.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.40
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.75
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Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – See H2H details