Ernesto Escobedo and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the semifinal of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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 -> 1.66
Ernesto Escobedo -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Ernesto Escobedo vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Ernesto Escobedo and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ernesto Escobedo
Ranked no. 209, Ernesto reached the semifinal after defeating Guilherme Clezar 6-3 6-4, Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-3 and Denis Kudla 6-74 7-66 6-4.
In the quarter against Kudla, Escobedo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-66 6-4). During the match Escobedo scored 120 points vs Kudla’s 114. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobedo blasted 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ernesto Escobedo was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (63/85) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kudla once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Escobedo has a weak record in the last 7 years having won 39% of his matches (62-39). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Escobedo has a 120-97 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a 6-3 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Escobedo didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 262, the Japanese got to the semifinal after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 7-5, Arthur Rinderknech 7-65 6-3, Skander Mansouri 6-4 6-3 and Ulises Blanch 7-5 7-5.
In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Blanch (7-5 7-5). During the match Watanuki scored 81 points vs Blanch’s 67. Yousuke was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 62% of his first serves in, winning 80% (37/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Watanuki broke Blanch 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watanuki hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 77% of his matches (93-28). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 77-52 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Yousuke has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2020, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
The Japanese didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Escobedo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 86 |
| Pts | 241-206 | 300-241 |
| Total Points | 447 | 541 |
| Winners | 119 | 123 |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% |
Escobedo played 3 matches while Watanuki competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Ernesto Escobedo lost 1 set while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Escobedo has played 1 sets less than Watanuki (7 vs 8). Therefore, Escobedo played 12 games less than Watanuki. The American scored 119 winners (49% on total points). On the other side, Yousuke blasted 123 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Escobedo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 38 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 12.7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 150/215 | 148/262 |
| %1st in | 70% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 119/150 | 123/148 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 41/65 | 60/114 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Escobedo blasted 38 aces (12.7 per match). Watanuki blasted 24 aces (6 per match). Escobedo won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Watanuki won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Escobedo | Watanuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 38% | 41% |
| Conceded | 6 | 17 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 100% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Ernesto broke his opponents 6 times with 38% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 12 times with 41% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Escobedo | |||||
| R2 Clezar |
R3 Tabilo |
1/4 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-74 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 36 | 74 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 57-42 | 120-114 | 241-206 | |
| Total points | 114 | 99 | 234 | 447 | |
| Winners | 32 | 24 | 63 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% | 53% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | 16 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 27/44 | 85/115 | 150/215 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 24/27 | 63/85 | 119/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 89% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 12/17 | 19/30 | 41/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 71% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/9 | 1/2 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100 | |
| Watanuki | ||||||
| R1 Vukic |
R2 Rinderknech |
R3 Mansouri |
1/4 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 86 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 75-59 | 68-51 | 81-67 | 300-241 | |
| Total points | 140 | 134 | 119 | 148 | 541 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 24 | 37 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 35% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 38/73 | 35/63 | 29/52 | 46/74 | 148/262 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 56% | 56% | 62% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 32/35 | 24/29 | 37/46 | 123/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 91% | 83% | 80% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 15/28 | 16/23 | 11/28 | 60/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 54% | 70% | 39% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/7 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 29% | 60% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 67% | 100% | 33% | 96% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Denis KudlaKudla (6-74 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – See H2H details
