ORDER OF PLAY and PREVIEW. Juan Pablo Ficovich, Yibing Wu, Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ben Shelton are the semifinalists that are going to compete on Saturday at the Rome Challenger on COURT 4.
Juan Pablo Ficovich vs. Yibing Wu
Head to head 1-0 for Pablo Ficovich
Juan Pablo Ficovich will fight against Yibing Wu in the semifinal for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4.
Juan Pablo Ficovich: ranking and results
Ranked no. 139 (career high), the Argentine reached the semifinal after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-2 6-2, Roberto Quiroz w/o and Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4 7-65.
Pablo Ficovich has a 27-18 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Juan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Aguascalientes Challenger and the Bogota Challenger.
Yibing Wu: ranking and results
Ranked no. 329, the Chinese reached the semifinal after defeating Malek Jaziri 6-4 4-0 ret., Ulises Blanch 6-3 6-4 and Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-1.
Wu has a 23-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). The Chinese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Orange Park and the Orlando Challenger.
Head to head analysis
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Pablo Ficovich and Yibing Wu play each other. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Pablo Ficovich (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time they locked horns, Pablo Ficovich won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the 1100040000 back in 2017.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 2.875
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 1.42
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Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Ben Shelton
Head to head 0-0
Yasutaka Uchiyama will come up against Ben Shelton in the semifinal for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4.
Yasutaka Uchiyama: ranking and results
Ranked no. 269, Uchiyama reached the semifinal after defeating Li Tu 6-3 6-3, Yu Hsiou Hsu 7-64 6-2 and Yoshihito Nishioka 3-6 7-62 6-1.
The Japanese has a 15-13 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Uchiyama’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir.
Ben Shelton: ranking and results
Ranked no. 433 (career high), Shelton got to the semifinal after beating Toshihide Matsui 6-0 6-2, Liam Draxl 6-4 6-1, Govind Nanda 4-6 6-2 6-3, Alex Rybakov 7-64 6-3 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-62 7-5.
Shelton has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS). Shelton’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Head to head analysis
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 2.62
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 1.49
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Last Results
These are the last results of the The Rome Challenger
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-6 7-62 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Yibing WuWu – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-1) – Score progression – Stats
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (6-4 7-65) – Score progression – Stats
- Ben SheltonShelton – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-62 7-5) – Score progression – Stats
Upcoming matches
These are the upcoming matches of the The Rome Challenger
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – (0-0) – H2H – Prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Yibing WuWu (1-0) – H2H – Prediction
