Pedro Sakamoto and Alexander Ritschard will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Forli Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10 am on Court 1. 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 Pedro Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sakamoto -> 1.72
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sakamoto vs. Alexander Ritschard
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Sakamoto and Alexander Ritschard clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ritschard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Pedro Sakamoto
Ranked no. 305, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Vavassori 4-6 7-65 6-3.
In the 1st round against Vavassori, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-3). During the match Sakamoto scored 109 points vs Vavassori’s 95. Sakamoto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sakamoto bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Vavassori 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Sakamoto has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (304-199). 10-4 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sakamoto has a 283-177 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Sakamoto’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in M25 Lima.
Pedro has a 14-8 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
Pedro didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
Alexander Ritschard
Ranked no. 319, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Fabrizio Ornago 6-3 6-75 6-1 and Dayne Kelly 6-79 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kelly, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-4 6-4). During the match Ritschard scored 121 points vs Kelly’s 112. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard bagged 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Alexander Ritschard was pretty efficent on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (28/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Alexander broke Kelly 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Los Angeles and M25 Palm Coast.
Ritschard has a 16-7 win-loss record in 2020, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Forli Challenger
The Swiss didn’t play in the Forli Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 77 |
| Pts | 109-95 | 212-187 |
| Total Points | 204 | 399 |
| Winners | 40 | 76 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Sakamoto played 1 match while Ritschard competed in 3 matches. Ritschard started his run from the qualifications while Sakamoto had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Pedro Sakamoto conceded 1 set, while Alexander Ritschard dropper 4 sets. Sakamoto has played 5 set(s) less than Ritschard (3 vs 8). Therefore, Sakamoto played 45 games less than Ritschard. Sakamoto scored 40 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard fired 76 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 102/198 |
| %1st in | 67% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 76/102 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 51/96 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 53% |
Sakamoto scored 2 aces . Ritschard struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Sakamoto won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 75% of the 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 | Sakamoto | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 40% | 48% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 38% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Sakamoto broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pedro dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Ritschard broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sakamoto | |||
| R1 Vavassori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 109-95 | 109-95 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Ritschard | |||||
| Q1 Ornago |
Q3 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R1 Kelly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-79 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 33 | 77 | |
| pts | 91-75 | – | 121-112 | 212-187 | |
| Total points | 166 | 0 | 233 | 399 | |
| Winners | 37 | 39 | 76 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | NAN% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 47/89 | / | 55/109 | 102/198 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | NAN% | 50% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | / | 39/55 | 76/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | NAN% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | / | 28/54 | 51/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | NAN% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 6/17 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 83% | NAN% | 35% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/ | 6/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 60% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Forli Challenger
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Dayne KellyKelly (6-79 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-2 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Jules OkalaOkala (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-66 7-67) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Matthias BachingerBachinger (7-68 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tsung-Hua YangYang (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-64 1-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Viktor GalovicGalovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-5 3-6 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
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- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Andreas SeppiSeppi (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Guilherme ClezarClezar (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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