Yosuke Watanuki and Arthur Rinderknech will square off in the quarter of the Drummondville Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and the relative 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 -> 1.40
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Arthur Rinderknech
This will be the 2nd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Arthur Rinderknech face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Watanuki (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Watanuki won 7-65 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Cleveland Challenger back in February 2020.
Yosuke Watanuki
Ranked no. 214, Yousuke got to the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 5-7 7-64 and Dominik Koepfer 6-3 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Koepfer (6-3 6-1). During the match Watanuki scored 61 points vs Koepfer’s 38. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Watanuki blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (17/23) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Yousuke broke Koepfer 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Watanuki has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Watanuki has a weak win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 23% of his matches (111-34). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Watanuki has a 80-53 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Yousuke’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Cleveland Challenger.
Watanuki has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Drummondville Challenger
The Japanese didn’t compete in the Drummondville Challenger in 2019.
Arthur Rinderknech
Ranked no. 239, the French Player reached the 2nd round after beating Ricardo Rodriguez-Pace 6-4 7-5 and Michael Mmoh 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Arthur defeated Mmoh (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Rinderknech scored 83 points vs Mmoh’s 74. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Rinderknech blasted 11 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Mmoh 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French Player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Rinderknech has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (57-27). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rinderknech has a 15-9 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The French Player’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Rennes Challenger.
Arthur has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2020, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Drummondville Challenger
The French Player didn’t compete in the Drummondville Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 48 |
| Pts | 174-146 | 159-129 |
| Total Points | 320 | 288 |
| Winners | 63 | 74 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Both Watanuki and Rinderknech played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Yosuke Watanuki conceded 1 set, while Arthur Rinderknech dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Rinderknech have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Watanuki played 1 games more than Rinderknech. Yousuke scored 63 winners (36% on total points). On the other side, Rinderknech blasted 74 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 12.5 |
| 1st in | 79/161 | 90/137 |
| %1st in | 49% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 63/79 | 74/90 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 42/82 | 24/47 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Watanuki blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Rinderknech blasted 25 aces (12.5 per match). Watanuki won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/24 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 33% | 39% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 70% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Watanuki broke his opponents 8 times with 33% conversion rate. Watanuki conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Rinderknech broke his opponents 7 times with 39% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | ||||
| R2 Blancaneaux |
R3 Koepfer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 7-64 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 113-108 | 61-38 | 174-146 | |
| Total points | 221 | 99 | 320 | |
| Winners | 46 | 17 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 28% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 56/112 | 23/49 | 79/161 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 17/23 | 63/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/56 | 19/26 | 42/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 73% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/9 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 44% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 50 | |
| Rinderknech | ||||
| R2 Rodriguez |
R3 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 76-55 | 83-74 | 159-129 | |
| Total points | 131 | 157 | 288 | |
| Winners | 30 | 44 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 11 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 32/53 | 58/84 | 90/137 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 69% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/32 | 44/58 | 74/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/26 | 24/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/8 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Michael MmohMmoh (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Roberto CidCid – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (7-65 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (6-75 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Liam CaruanaCaruana (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (6-7(5) 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto CidCid – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (1-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – See H2H details
