Yuta Shimizu and Nishesh Basavareddy will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Nishesh Basavareddy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nishesh Basavareddy is the pick to win this match.
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 1.86
Yuta Shimizu -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Nishesh Basavareddy since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-28 | 28-24 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, Shimizu got to the semifinal after beating Keegan Smith 7-5 6-3, Bernard Tomic 6-1 ret. and Rudy Quan 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Quan (6-4 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 74 points vs Quan’s 61. Yuta was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shimizu scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 57% (21/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Quan 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Shimizu has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (232-126). 10-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shimizu has an aggregate178-97 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Shimizu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the New Delhi Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
Yuta has a compiled 14-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-15 | 29-11 | 0-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 411, Nishesh got to the semifinal after defeating Ethan Quinn 7-5 6-4, Christian Langmo 7-5 7-5 and Trevor Svajda 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Basavareddy had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-2 6-2). During the match Basavareddy scored 56 points vs Svajda’s 36. Basavareddy was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Basavareddy blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nishesh Basavareddy lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Basavareddy put 50% of his first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Svajda 6 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Nishesh’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Calabasas.
The American has an overall 8-2 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shimizu | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 62 |
| Pts | 177-137 | 209-166 |
| Total Points | 314 | 375 |
| Winners | 67 | 65 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Shimizu and Basavareddy played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Basavareddy have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Shimizu played 15 games less than Basavareddy. The Japanese scored 67 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nishesh bagged 65 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shimizu | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 96/153 | 89/181 |
| %1st in | 63% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 67/96 | 65/89 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 28/57 | 59/92 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 64% |
Shimizu fired 9 aces (3 per match). Basavareddy recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Shimizu won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shimizu | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 46% | 52% |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 |
| Saved | 9 | 9 |
| % Saved | 64% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Shimizu lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Nishesh broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shimizu | |||||
| R1 Smith |
R2 Tomic |
1/4 Quan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 7 | 19 | 47 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 29-11 | 74-61 | 177-137 | |
| Total points | 139 | 40 | 135 | 314 | |
| Winners | 35 | 11 | 21 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 28% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 13/19 | 37/55 | 96/153 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 11/13 | 21/37 | 67/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 85% | 57% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 4/6 | 9/18 | 28/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 67% | 50% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/4 | 7/16 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 75% | 44% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 3/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Basavareddy | |||||
| R1 Quinn |
R2 Langmo |
1/4 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 | 16 | 62 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 80-70 | 56-36 | 209-166 | |
| Total points | 133 | 150 | 92 | 375 | |
| Winners | 21 | 28 | 16 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 35% | 29% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 26/61 | 40/74 | 23/46 | 89/181 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 54% | 50% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 28/40 | 16/23 | 65/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/35 | 22/34 | 12/23 | 59/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 65% | 52% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/9 | 6/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 100% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 50% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Rudy QuanQuan (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai Kwiatkowski/Alex LawsonKwiatkowski/Alex Lawson – Bruno Kuzuhara/Dennis NovikovKuzuhara/Dennis Novikov (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
