James Kent Trotter and Karue Sell will clash against each other in the quarter of the Drummondville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Kent Trotter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, James Kent Trotter is the pick to win this match.
James Kent Trotter -> 1.64
Karue Sell -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head James Kent Trotter vs. Karue Sell

There is no head to head record between James Kent Trotter and Karue Sell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

James Kent Trotter

Ranked no. 193 (career-high), James reached the quarter after defeating Jaden Weekes 6-3 7-6(4) and Michael Geerts 5-2 ret..

In the 2^nd round against Geerts, the Japanese had a free pass after Geerts retired on a 5-2 . scoreline.

Kent Trotter has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (89-58). 20-6 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kent Trotter has an aggregate34-17 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Tyler Challenger where he overcame Brandon Holt in the final 6-2 7-6(3) and the Charlottesville Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Japanese has an overall 40-22 win-loss record in 2024, 20-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Drummondville Challenger

The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Karue Sell

Ranked no. 268, Karue reached the quarter after beating Juan Carlos Manuel Aguilar 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Brandon Holt 7-5 7-6(5).

In the 2^nd round, Karue had a good straight sets win against Holt (7-5 7-6⁵). During the match Sell scored 89 points vs Holt’s 75. Sell was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Sell managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Karue Sell lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sell put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Karue broke Holt 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Karue has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Sell’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca,M15 San Diego and M25 Londrina.

The Brazilian has a compiled 56-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kent Trotter	Sell
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	29	52
Pts	103-75	177-151
Total Points	178	328
Winners	52	64
%Winners	50%	36%

Both Kent Trotter and Sell played 2 matches. At the moment, Karue Sell surrendered 1 set while James Kent Trotter hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kent Trotter has played 1 set(s) less than Sell (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kent Trotter played 23 games less than Sell. Kent Trotter scored 52 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Karue struck 64 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kent Trotter	Sell
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	4.5	3
1st in	65/92	92/157
%1st in	71%	59%
1st pts	52/65	64/92
%1st pts	80%	70%
2nd pts	16/27	37/65
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Kent Trotter fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sell scored 6 aces (3 per match). Kent Trotter won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 70% of the points on 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	Kent Trotter	Sell
Won	3	8
Converted	3/8	8/22
% Converted	38%	36%
Conceded	9	12
Saved	8	7
% Saved	89%	58%
Times Broken	1	5

Kent Trotter broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Sell broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Kent Trotter
	R1 Weekes	R2 Geerts	Total
Score	6-3 7-64	5-2 ret.
Tot Set	2	1	3
Tot Games	22	7	29
pts	77-60	26-15	103-75
Total points	137	41	178
Winners	41	11	52
%Winners	53%	42%	50%
SERVE
Aces	4	5	9
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	52/73	13/19	65/92
% 1st in	71%	68%	71%
1st pts	41/52	11/13	52/65
% 1st pts	79%	85%	80%
2nd pts	14/21	2/6	16/27
% 2nd pts	67%	33%	59%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/3	2/5	3/8
Converted %	33%	40%	38%
Conceded	8	1	9
Saved	8/8	0/1	8
Saved %	100%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Sell
	R1 Carlos Manuel Aguilar	R2 Holt	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-1	7-5 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	25	52
pts	88-76	89-75	177-151
Total points	164	164	328
Winners	28	36	64
%Winners	32%	40%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	45/78	47/79	92/157
% 1st in	58%	59%	59%
1st pts	28/45	36/47	64/92
% 1st pts	62%	77%	70%
2nd pts	21/33	16/32	37/65
% 2nd pts	64%	50%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/16	3/6	8/22
Converted %	31%	50%	36%
Conceded	5	7	12
Saved	2/5	5/7	7
Saved %	40%	71%	56%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Tennis Scores in Drummondville Challenger

• Liam Draxl/Cleeve HarperDraxl/Cleeve Harper – Nicolas Mejia/Duarte ValeMejia/Duarte Vale (7-5 6-7⁴ 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings

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