Nicholas David Ionel and Shintaro Imai will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on SUB CENTER. 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 Nicholas David Ionel who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicholas David Ionel is the pick to win this match.
Nicholas David Ionel -> 1.68
Shintaro Imai -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Nicholas David Ionel vs. Shintaro Imai

There is no head to head record between Nicholas David Ionel and Shintaro Imai since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nicholas David Ionel

Ranked no. 235, the Romanian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 7-6¹.

In the 1^st round, David Ionel had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-4 7-6¹). During the match, David Ionel scored 75 points vs Serdarusic’s 60. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, David Ionel bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nicholas David Ionel was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nicholas broke Serdarusic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

David Ionel has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (162-90). 16-8 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, David Ionel has an overall46-21 record in the last 5 years on hard.

David Ionel’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Marrakech,M25 Pitesti,M15 Craiova and M25 Gaziantep.

David Ionel has an aggregate 65-31 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

David Ionel has never competed in this tournament before.

Shintaro Imai

Ranked no. 485, Imai got to the 2^nd round after defeating Keisuke Saitoh 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Saitoh (6-4 6-0). During the match Imai scored 59 points vs Saitoh’s 38. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Imai recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Shintaro Imai was very effective on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Imai broke Saitoh 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Chiang Rai,M15 Chiang Rai and M15 Jakarta.

Shintaro has a composed 30-13 win-loss record in 2022, 29-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	David Ionel	Imai
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	16
Pts	75-60	59-38
Total Points	135	97
Winners	31	21
%Winners	41%	36%

Both David Ionel and Imai played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, David Ionel and Imai have played the same amount of sets 2. However, David Ionel played 7 games more than Imai. Nicholas scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 21 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	David Ionel	Imai
Aces	7	3
Avg per match	7	3
1st in	37/61	25/42
%1st in	61%	60%
1st pts	31/37	21/25
%1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	13/24	12/17
%2nd pts	54%	71%

David Ionel managed to score 7 aces . Imai recorded 3 aces . David Ionel won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Imai won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	David Ionel	Imai
Won	3	4
Converted	3/9	4/6
% Converted	33%	67%
Conceded	5	1
Saved	3	1
% Saved	60%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

David Ionel broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nicholas lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Shintaro broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Imai was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

David Ionel
	R1 Serdarusic	Total
Score	6-4 7-61
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	75-60	75-60
Total points	135	135
Winners	31	31
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	37/61	37/61
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	31/37	31/37
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	13/24	13/24
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Imai
	R1 Saitoh	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	59-38	59-38
Total points	97	97
Winners	21	21
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	25/42	25/42
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	21/25	21/25
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	12/17	12/17
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Yokkaichi Challenger

• Shinji HazawaHazawa – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Duckhee LeeLee (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Colin SinclairSinclair – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro ImaiImai – Keisuke SaitohSaitoh (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Makoto OchiOchi (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Dane SweenySweeny (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Colin SinclairSinclair (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Shinji HazawaHazawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yunseong ChungChung – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Shintaro ImaiImai (0-0) – H2H and prediction