Damir Dzumhur and Yosuke Watanuki will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Bendigo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career.

Damir Dzumhur: results and record

Ranked no. 92, Dzumhur reached the 3^rd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 7-6⁶ 6-3.

Previous match vs. Dane Sweeny

In the 2^nd round, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (7-6⁶ 6-3). During the match Dzumhur scored 72 points vs. Sweeny’s 61. Damir was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Dzumhur blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Damir Dzumhur was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dzumhur broke Sweeny twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Dzumhur winning performance

Dzumhur has a negative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (430-444). 1-1 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dzumhur has a 251-206 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Dzumhur has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bendigo Challenger

The Bosnian didn’t play in the Bendigo Challenger in 2019.

Yosuke Watanuki: results and record

Ranked no. 262, Watanuki reached the 3^rd round after beating Sho Shimabukuro 7-6⁵ 6-3.

Previous match vs. Sho Shimabukuro

In the 2^nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match Watanuki scored 83 points vs. Shimabukuro’s 68. Watanuki was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Shimabukuro once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).

Watanuki winning performance

Watanuki has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (142-95). 1-0 on hard in 2020 In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 70-49 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.

Watanuki has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bendigo Challenger

Watanuki didn’t play in the Bendigo Challenger in 2019.

Bendigo Challenger Live score and result Damir Dzumhur vs. Yosuke Watanuki

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Dzumhur vs Watanuki – Tournament Performance

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Watanuki
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
Pts	72-61	83-68
Total Points	133	151
Winners	31	30
%Winners	43%	36%

Both Dzumhur and Watanuki played 1 matche. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Watanuki have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (22). The Bosnian scored 31 winners (43% on total points). On the other side, Yousuke blasted 30 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Watanuki
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	2	7
1st in	41/61	33/67
%1st in	67%	49%
1st pts	31/41	30/33
%1st pts	76%	91%
2nd pts	14/20	21/34
%2nd pts	70%	62%

Dzumhur blasted 2 aces (2 per match). Watanuki blasted 7 aces (7 per match). Dzumhur won 76% points behind his first serve. Unfortunately, he was [struggling a bit too much on] his second serve to win only 70% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 91% points on his first serve. Unfortunately, he [was struggling a bit too much on] his second serve to win only 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Watanuki
Won	2	1
Converted	2/6	1/8
% Converted	33%	13%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0	1
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Dzumhur broke his opponent twice with 33% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Watanuki broke his opponent once with 13% conversion rate. Watanuki was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Draw

Dzumhur
	R2 Sweeny	Total
Score	7-66 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	72-61	72-61
Total points	133	133
Winners	31	31
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	41/61	41/61
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	31/41	31/41
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	14/20	14/20
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0	0
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	1	1

Watanuki
	R2 Shimabukuro	Total
Score	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	83-68	83-68
Total points	151	151
Winners	30	30
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	33/67	33/67
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	30/33	30/33
% 1st pts	91%	91%
2nd pts	21/34	21/34
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/8	1/8
Converted %	13%	13%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1	1
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Yosuke Watanuki

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.57
Yosuke Watanuki -> 2.25

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