Yosuke Watanuki and Nam Hoang Ly will face off in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.094
Nam Hoang Ly -> 6.55

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Nam Hoang Ly

There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Nam Hoang Ly since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 85 (career-high), the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-0 and Mikalai Haliak 6-1 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Haliak (6-1 6-1). During the match, Watanuki scored 66 points vs Haliak’s 37. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Watanuki fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yosuke Watanuki lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Watanuki put 50% of his first serves in, winning 95% (20/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Watanuki broke Haliak 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Watanuki hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 62% of the points he played.

Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (209-130). 20-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a compiled123-69 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger,the Monterrey Challenger and the Stanford Challenger.

Yousuke has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2023, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.

Nam Hoang Ly

Ranked no. 417, Hoang Ly reached the quarter after beating Kaito Uesugi 6-4 1-1 ret., Hanwen Li 5-7 6-0 6-4, Nick Chappell 5-7 6-4 6-0 and Tung-Lin Wu 3-6 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Wu, The Vietnamese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-2). During the match Hoang Ly scored 75 points vs Wu’s 60. The Vietnamese was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Hoang Ly struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nam Hoang Ly was quite effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Vietnamese broke Wu 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nam started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Nam’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Lucknow and M25 Jakarta.

Hoang Ly has an aggregate 12-14 win-loss record in 2023, 12-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Watanuki	Hoang Ly
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	12
Tot Games	30	92
Pts	132-82	301-237
Total Points	214	538
Winners	38	123
%Winners	29%	41%

Watanuki played 2 matches while Hoang Ly competed in 4 matches. Hoang Ly started his run from the qualifications while Watanuki had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nam Hoang Ly conceded 3 sets while Yosuke Watanuki hasn’t lost a set so far. Watanuki has played 8 set(s) less than Hoang Ly (4 vs 12). Therefore, Watanuki played 62 games less than Hoang Ly. The Japanese scored 38 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Vietnamese recorded 123 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Watanuki	Hoang Ly
Aces	10	31
Avg per match	5	7.8
1st in	44/90	170/258
%1st in	49%	66%
1st pts	38/44	123/170
%1st pts	86%	72%
2nd pts	25/46	54/88
%2nd pts	54%	61%

Watanuki recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Hoang Ly struck 31 aces (7.8 per match). Watanuki won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Hoang Ly won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Watanuki	Hoang Ly
Won	10	18
Converted	10/27	18/39
% Converted	37%	46%
Conceded	6	17
Saved	5	9
% Saved	83%	53%
Times Broken	1	8

Yousuke broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Yousuke lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Nam broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Hoang Ly conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Watanuki
	R1 Bolt	R2 Haliak	Total
Score	6-4 6-0	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	14	30
pts	66-45	66-37	132-82
Total points	111	103	214
Winners	18	20	38
%Winners	27%	30%	29%
SERVE
Aces	8	2	10
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	23/48	21/42	44/90
% 1st in	48%	50%	49%
1st pts	18/23	20/21	38/44
% 1st pts	78%	95%	86%
2nd pts	16/25	9/21	25/46
% 2nd pts	64%	43%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/11	6/16	10/27
Converted %	36%	38%	37%
Conceded	2	4	6
Saved	2/2	3/4	5
Saved %	100%	75%	88%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Hoang Ly
	Q1 Uesugi	Q3 Li	R1 Chappell	R2 Wu	Total
Score	6-4 1-1 ret.	5-7 6-0 6-4	5-7 6-4 6-0	3-6 6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	12	28	28	24	92
pts	39-31	87-65	100-81	75-60	301-237
Total points	70	152	181	135	538
Winners	13	40	37	33	123
%Winners	33%	46%	37%	44%	41%
SERVE
Aces	4	13	5	9	31
Double Faults	0	1	3	1	5
1st in	21/31	48/70	55/86	46/71	170/258
% 1st in	68%	69%	64%	65%	66%
1st pts	13/21	40/48	37/55	33/46	123/170
% 1st pts	62%	83%	67%	72%	72%
2nd pts	6/10	12/22	19/31	17/25	54/88
% 2nd pts	60%	55%	61%	68%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	5	6	4	18
Converted	3/5	5/9	6/17	4/8	18/39
Converted %	60%	56%	35%	50%	46%
Conceded	4	3	9	1	17
Saved	2/4	1/3	6/9	0/1	9
Saved %	50%	33%	67%	0%	75%
Times Broken	2	2	3	1	8

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