Xinyu Wang and Himeno Sakatsume will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on 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 Xinyu Wang who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Xinyu Wang is the pick to win this match.
Xinyu Wang -> 1.3
Himeno Sakatsume -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Xinyu Wang vs. Himeno Sakatsume
There is no head to head record between Xinyu Wang and Himeno Sakatsume since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Xinyu Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 12-10 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 32-17 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-27 | 8-14 | 5-5 | 15-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 10-9 | 6-8 | 14-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 6-6 | 2-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 2nd round after beating Jil Teichmann 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, Wang had a good straight sets win against Belen Teichmann (7-63 6-3). During the match, Wang scored 87 points vs Belen Teichmann’s 74. Xinyu was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wang fired 2 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Xinyu Wang lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 59% of her first serves in, winning 63% (30/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Wang broke Belen Teichmann 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).
Wang has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of her matches (195-127). 27-13 on hard in 2023. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wang has a compiled117-78 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W100 Landisville where she defeated Madison Brengle in the final 6-2 6-3.
Xinyu has a composed 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 27-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Himeno Sakatsume
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-17 | 15-5 | 2-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 23-15 | 3-3 | 10-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 21-18 | 8-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Himeno reached the 2nd round after defeating Natsumi Kawaguchi 6-3 6-3, Eudice Wong Chong 6-3 5-7 6-0 and Alexandra Eala 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sakatsume had a good straight sets win against Eala (6-0 6-3). During the match Sakatsume scored 61 points vs Eala’s 42. Sakatsume was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Sakatsume recorded 3 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Himeno Sakatsume lost the serve once and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sakatsume put 70% of her first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Sakatsume broke Eala 6 times after converting 86% of her break points (6/7).
Her best result of the season was winning the title the W80 Gifu where she overcame Katie Boulter in the final 7-5 6-3.
The Japanese has a composed 35-16 win-loss record in 2023, 21-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wang | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 60 |
| Pts | 87-74 | 220-167 |
| Total Points | 161 | 387 |
| Winners | 30 | 84 |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% |
Wang played 1 match while Sakatsume competed in 3 matches. Sakatsume started her run from the qualifications while Wang had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Himeno Sakatsume conceded 1 set while Xinyu Wang hasn’t lost a set so far. Wang has played 5 set(s) less than Sakatsume (2 vs 7). Therefore, Wang played 38 games less than Sakatsume. Xinyu scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Sakatsume recorded 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wang | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 126/191 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 84/126 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 29/65 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 45% |
Wang made 2 aces . Sakatsume scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Wang won 63% points on her first serve. She pretty solid on her second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sakatsume won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wang | Sakatsume |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 19 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 19/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 76% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
Wang broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Wang lost her serve 3 times and she saved 63% of the break points that she conceded. Sakatsume broke her opponents 19 times with a 76% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded.
| Wang | |||
| R1 Belen Teichmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 87-74 | 87-74 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sakatsume | |||||
| Q1 Kawaguchi |
Q3 Wong Chong |
R1 Eala |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-0 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 27 | 15 | 60 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 93-80 | 61-42 | 220-167 | |
| Total points | 111 | 173 | 103 | 387 | |
| Winners | 22 | 38 | 24 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 56/91 | 35/50 | 126/191 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 38/56 | 24/35 | 84/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 68% | 69% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 13/35 | 7/15 | 29/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 37% | 47% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 7/9 | 6/7 | 19/25 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 78% | 86% | 76% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/8 | 4/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 80% | 180% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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