Li Tu and Federico Cina will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Li Tu who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.25
Federico Cina -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Federico Cina

There is no head to head record between Li Tu and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Li Tu

Ranked no. 178 (career-high), Tu reached the 2^nd round after defeating Alafia Ayeni 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Ayeni, Li recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Tu scored 76 points vs Ayeni’s 65. Tu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Li Tu was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Li broke Ayeni 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Tu has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (165-89). 31-18 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tu has an aggregate122-57 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Tu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.

The Australian has a composed 36-24 win-loss record in 2024, 31-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

Federico Cina

Ranked no. 663 (career-high), Federico reached the 2^nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Cina had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-2 6-4). During the match Cina scored 65 points vs Sweeny’s 49. Federico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Cina recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Federico Cina lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cina put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Cina’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Buzau.

Federico has a composed 26-19 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tu	Cina
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	24	18
Pts	76-65	65-49
Total Points	141	114
Winners	28	24
%Winners	37%	37%

Both Tu and Cina played 1 match. At the moment, Li Tu lost 1 set while Federico Cina hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tu has played 1 set more than Cina (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tu played 6 games more than Cina. Li scored 28 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Cina bagged 24 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tu	Cina
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	38/61	31/49
%1st in	62%	63%
1st pts	28/38	24/31
%1st pts	74%	77%
2nd pts	12/23	9/18
%2nd pts	52%	50%

Tu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Cina managed to score 5 aces . Tu won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tu	Cina
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/6
% Converted	50%	67%
Conceded	4	1
Saved	1	0
% Saved	25%	0%
Times Broken	3	1

Tu broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Tu
	R1 Ayeni	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	76-65	76-65
Total points	141	141
Winners	28	28
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	38/61	38/61
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	28/38	28/38
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Cina
	R1 Sweeny	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-49	65-49
Total points	114	114
Winners	24	24
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	31/49	31/49
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	24/31	24/31
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	9/18	9/18
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

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