Yosuke Watanuki and Francesco Maestrelli will face off in the qualifications of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.18
Francesco Maestrelli -> 4.6
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Gianmarco Ferrari 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Ferrari (7-64 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 72 points vs Ferrari’s 57. Watanuki was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Watanuki bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yosuke Watanuki was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Ferrari once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Watanuki has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (156-105). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Watanuki has an overall42-16 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Watanuki has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Yousuke has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Maestrelli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-21 | 5-5 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 755 (career-high), the Italian reached the qualifications after beating Antoine Escoffier 7-65 6-2.
In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (7-65 6-2). During the match Maestrelli scored 71 points vs Escoffier’s 62. Maestrelli was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Maestrelli blasted 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Maestrelli was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Escoffier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Maestrelli has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 71-62 |
| Total Points | 129 | 133 |
| Winners | 34 | 33 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Both Watanuki and Maestrelli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Maestrelli have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Watanuki played 1 game more than Maestrelli. Yousuke scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 33 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 39/66 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 33/39 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 14/27 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 52% |
Watanuki bagged 7 aces . Maestrelli bagged 11 aces . Watanuki won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Watanuki broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||
| Q1 Ferrari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Maestrelli | |||
| Q1 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 71-62 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 14/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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