Ezekiel Clark and Naoki Nakagawa will play each other in the 1^st round of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ezekiel Clark who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ezekiel Clark is the pick to win this match.
Ezekiel Clark -> 1.53
Naoki Nakagawa -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Ezekiel Clark vs. Naoki Nakagawa

There is no head to head record between Ezekiel Clark and Naoki Nakagawa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ezekiel Clark

Ranked no. 478, the American will start his run in the Columbus 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(8) to Harrison in the qualifications on the 12^th of September.

The American has a composed 38-24 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Cancun and M25 Decatur.

Talking about his overall career, Clark has an overall 110-79 record. He has a negative 10-12 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.

Naoki Nakagawa

Ranked no. 481, Naoki reached the 1^st round after beating Roy Smith 3-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Smith, Naoki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Nakagawa scored less points (5) than Smith. In fact, the world no. 478 won 79 points vs Smith’s. That means that Nakagawa was more focused during the important points. Naoki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakagawa fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Naoki Nakagawa was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Smith twice.

Nakagawa has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Columbus 2 Challenger

• Benjamin LockLock – Evan ZhuZhu (3-6 6-1 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel CoxCox (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nick ChappellChappell – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco FerrariFerrari – Taha BaadiBaadi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ezekiel ClarkClark – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aidan MchughMchugh – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Omni KumarKumar – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Nathan PonwithPonwith (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Cannon KingsleyKingsley – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Justin BoulaisBoulais – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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