Joao Sousa and Li Tu will face off in the quarter of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.59
Li Tu -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, the Portuguese reached the quarter after beating Toby Samuel 3-6 6-0 6-3 and Benoit Paire 6-1 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Joao had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-1 7-64). During the match, Sousa scored 79 points vs Paire’s 63. Sousa was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Joao Sousa conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Paire twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joao has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Sousa has a losing match record in the last 10 years having won only 46% of his matches (262-305). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sousa has a composed 64-57 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Sousa’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Porto Challenger.
Joao has a composed 22-31 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Sousa has never competed in this tournament before.
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 271, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 4-6 7-63 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Tu had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (7-65 6-2). During the match Tu scored 75 points vs Galarneau’s 64. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Tu scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Li Tu lost the serve once. Furthermore, Tu put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Australian has an overall 33-29 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 53 |
| Pts | 159-122 | 182-163 |
| Total Points | 281 | 345 |
| Winners | 68 | 74 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Sousa and Tu played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Sousa dropped 1 set, while Li Tu lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Tu have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Sousa played 9 games less than Tu. The Portuguese scored 68 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Li recorded 74 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 96/143 | 96/157 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 68/96 | 74/96 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 31/47 | 35/61 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 57% |
Sousa scored 4 aces (2 per match). Tu blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sousa won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 5/17 |
| % Converted | 37% | 29% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Sousa surrendered his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Tu broke his opponents 5 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Samuel |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-0 6-3 | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 20 | 44 | |
| pts | 80-59 | 79-63 | 159-122 | |
| Total points | 139 | 142 | 281 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/68 | 50/75 | 96/143 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 35/50 | 68/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 19/25 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 76% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 2/9 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 22% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tu | ||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 | 53 | |
| pts | 107-99 | 75-64 | 182-163 | |
| Total points | 206 | 139 | 345 | |
| Winners | 41 | 33 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/93 | 42/64 | 96/157 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 33/42 | 74/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 10/22 | 35/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 45% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/9 | 5/17 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 0% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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