Yosuke Watanuki and Alexander Sarkissian will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and 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 -> 1.48
Alexander Sarkissian -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Alexander Sarkissian

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

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 259, the Japanese reached the qualifications after beating Luis Patino 7-63 4-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Yousuke defeated Patino (7-63 4-6 6-2). During the match, Watanuki scored 115 points vs Patino’s 105. Yousuke was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watanuki recorded 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 47% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (28/58) on the 2nd serve. Watanuki broke Patino 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (140-90). 3-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a compiled88-48 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Watanuki has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Los Cabos

Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.

Los Cabos
Watanuki's Record

Alexander Sarkissian

Ranked no. 477, Alexander got to the qualifications after defeating Raymond Sarmiento 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, Sarkissian had a good straight sets win against Sarmiento (6-4 6-1). During the match Sarkissian scored 59 points vs Sarmiento’s 43. Sarkissian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Sarkissian blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexander Sarkissian lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sarkissian put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Alexander was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sarmiento 4 times.

Alexander has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Los Cabos
Sarkissian's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Watanuki
A.Sarkissian
!
2h:53
2h:53
Time on court​
1h:04
1h:04
!
2h:53
2h:53
Last match​
1h:04
1h:04
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
17
17
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
115
115
Total points​
59
59
115
115
Avg point​
59
59
35
35
Winners
24
24
35
35
Avg Winners​
24
24
30%
30%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
6
6
9
9
Avg Aces
6
6
7
7
Double Faults
2
2
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
35/52
35/52
1st won total​
24/36
24/36
67%
67%
1st won %
67%
67%
28/58
28/58
2nd won total​
15/24
15/24
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
4/4
4/4
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
4/4
4/4
!
67%
67%
Won
!
100%
100%
14
14
Conceded
5
5
14
14
Avg Conceded
5
5
5
5
Broken
1
1
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watanuki Sarkissian
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 17
Pts 115-105 59-43
Total Points 220 102
Winners 35 24
%Winners 30% 41%

Both Watanuki and Sarkissian played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki conceded 1 set while Alexander Sarkissian hasn’t conceded a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set more than Sarkissian (3 vs 2). Therefore, Watanuki played 14 games more than Sarkissian. The Japanese scored 35 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 24 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watanuki Sarkissian
Aces 9 6
Avg per match 9 6
1st in 52/110 36/60
%1st in 47% 60%
1st pts 35/52 24/36
%1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 28/58 15/24
%2nd pts 48% 63%

Watanuki managed to score 9 aces . Sarkissian scored 6 aces . Watanuki won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Sarkissian won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watanuki Sarkissian
Won 6 4
Converted 6/9 4/4
% Converted 67% 100%
Conceded 14 5
Saved 9 4
% Saved 64% 80%
Times Broken 5 1

Watanuki broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Watanuki
Q1
Patino
Total
Score 7-63 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 115-105 115-105
Total points 220 220
Winners 35 35
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 52/110 52/110
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 35/52 35/52
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 28/58 28/58
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 14 14
Saved 9/14 9
Saved % 64% 64%
Times Broken 5 5
Sarkissian
Q1
Sarmiento
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 59-43 59-43
Total points 102 102
Winners 24 24
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 36/60 36/60
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 24/36 24/36
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 15/24 15/24
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/4 4/4
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

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