Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yosuke Watanuki will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.32
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Yosuke Watanuki

This will be the 3^rd time that Yu Hsiou Hsu and Yosuke Watanuki square off. The head to head is 1-1

for Hsiou Hsu and Watanuki (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Hsiou Hsu won 2-6 6-4 4-0 ret. in the 2^nd round in the Shanghai Challenger back in September 2024.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 235, Yu will start his run in the Taipei 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-2 to Bai in the 1^st round on the 14^th of October.

The Chinese has an aggregate 40-28 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

The Chinese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Kashiwa,M25 Tianjin,M25 Taipei and the Shanghai Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Yu has an overall 265-154 record. He has a negative 6-12 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.

Yosuke Watanuki

Ranked no. 274, Watanuki will start his run in the Taipei 2 Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Fritz in the 3^rd round on the 8^th of October.

Watanuki has an aggregate 6-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, The Japanese has an overall 225-144 record. He has a positive 53-22 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Taipei 2 Challenger

• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Sanhui ShinShin (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kuan-Yi LeeLee – Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong (6-4 1-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam WaltonWalton – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 1-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Thanapet ChantaChanta (2-6 6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hyeon ChungChung (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Kokoro IsomuraIsomura – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime JanvierMaxime – Ray HoRay (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaito UesugiUesugi – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alafia AyeniAyeni – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-1) – H2H and prediction