Li Tu and Philip Sekulic will square off in the 2^nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. 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 Li Tu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Li Tu is the pick to win this match.
Li Tu -> 1.54
Philip Sekulic -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Li Tu vs. Philip Sekulic

This will be the 7^th time that Li Tu and Philip Sekulic play each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Tu (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tu won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Playford Challenger back in October 2024.

Li Tu

Ranked no. 189, Tu got to the 2^nd round after beating Yaroslav Demin 6-1 3-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Demin, the Australian had a free pass after Demin retired on a 6-1 3-0 . scoreline.

Tu has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (167-91). 32-19 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Tu has a composed123-58 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Traralgon and the Lexington Challenger.

Tu has a compiled 38-26 win-loss record in 2024, 32-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Philip Sekulic

Ranked no. 342, Philip got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kohei Hayashi 6-2 6-1, Ryuki Matsuda 6-2 7-5 and Alexander Blockx 5-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Blockx, Philip had a free pass after Blockx retired on a 5-1 . scoreline.

Philip’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.

Sekulic has an overall 32-29 win-loss record in 2024, 31-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tu	Sekulic
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	10	41
Pts	39-17	158-105
Total Points	56	263
Winners	14	66
%Winners	36%	42%

Tu played 1 match while Sekulic competed in 3 matches. Sekulic started his run from the qualifications while Tu had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Tu has played 3 set(s) less than Sekulic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Tu played 31 games less than Sekulic. The Australian scored 14 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Philip struck 66 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tu	Sekulic
Aces	8	13
Avg per match	8	4.3
1st in	16/26	91/135
%1st in	62%	67%
1st pts	14/16	66/91
%1st pts	88%	73%
2nd pts	7/10	25/44
%2nd pts	70%	57%

Tu made 8 aces . Sekulic recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Tu won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 73% 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	Tu	Sekulic
Won	4	12
Converted	4/9	12/19
% Converted	44%	63%
Conceded	0	7
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	57%
Times Broken	0	3

Tu broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Li pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sekulic broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Tu
	R1 Demin	Total
Score	6-1 3-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	10	10
pts	39-17	39-17
Total points	56	56
Winners	14	14
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	16/26	16/26
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	14/16	14/16
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	7/10	7/10
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Sekulic
	Q1 Hayashi	Q3 Matsuda	R1 Blockx	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-2 7-5	5-1 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	1	5
Tot Games	15	20	6	41
pts	51-27	75-55	32-23	158-105
Total points	78	130	55	263
Winners	24	30	12	66
%Winners	47%	40%	38%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	0	13
Double Faults	2	0	1	3
1st in	30/43	42/60	19/32	91/135
% 1st in	70%	70%	59%	67%
1st pts	24/30	30/42	12/19	66/91
% 1st pts	80%	71%	63%	73%
2nd pts	7/13	13/18	5/13	25/44
% 2nd pts	54%	72%	38%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/7	4/7	3/5	12/19
Converted %	71%	57%	60%	63%
Conceded	2	3	2	7
Saved	1/2	2/3	1/2	4
Saved %	50%	67%	50%	167%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Tennis Scores in Yokohama Challenger

• Philip SekulicSekulic – Alexander BlockxBlockx (5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Christoph NegrituNegritu (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6¹ 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Jakub PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Alex BoltBolt (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Lennon Roark JonesRoark Jones (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Matej DodigDodig (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Yaroslav DeminDemin (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Constant LestienneLestienne (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction