Federico Cina and Rei Sakamoto will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rei Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rei Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.86
Federico Cina -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Federico Cina vs. Rei Sakamoto

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

Federico Cina

Ranked no. 598, Cina got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hikaru Shiraishi 6-1 3-6 6-4, Kris Van Wyk 6-1 6-3 and Guy Den Ouden 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Cina defeated Den Ouden (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match, Cina scored 102 points vs Den Ouden’s 101. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cina recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Cina lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Cina put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Den Ouden 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Cina has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 57% of his matches (32-24). 17-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cina has an overall18-13 record in the last 3 years on hard.

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

Cina has an overall 30-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Federico has never competed in this tournament before.

Rei Sakamoto

Ranked no. 769 (career-high), Rei reached the 2^nd round after beating Jurij Rodionov 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-2 6-4). During the match Sakamoto scored 65 points vs Rodionov’s 49. Rei was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakamoto made 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rei Sakamoto was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sakamoto broke Rodionov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Japanese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cervia and M25 La Nucia.

The Japanese has an overall 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokohama Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cina	Sakamoto
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	8	2
Tot Games	71	18
Pts	255-218	65-49
Total Points	473	114
Winners	98	25
%Winners	38%	38%

Cina played 3 matches while Sakamoto competed in 1 match. Cina started his run from the qualifications while Sakamoto had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Federico Cina surrendered 2 sets while Rei Sakamoto hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cina has played 6 sets more than Sakamoto (8 vs 2). Therefore, Cina played 53 games more than Sakamoto. Federico scored 98 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto fired 25 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cina	Sakamoto
Aces	11	3
Avg per match	3.7	3
1st in	140/226	34/52
%1st in	62%	65%
1st pts	98/140	25/34
%1st pts	70%	74%
2nd pts	50/86	13/18
%2nd pts	58%	72%

Cina made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Sakamoto managed to score 3 aces . Cina won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cina	Sakamoto
Won	12	3
Converted	12/29	3/4
% Converted	41%	75%
Conceded	20	2
Saved	15	2
% Saved	75%	100%
Times Broken	5	0

The Italian broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Federico surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Cina
	Q1 Shiraishi	Q3 Van	R1 Den	Total
Score	6-1 3-6 6-4	6-1 6-3	6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	26	16	29	71
pts	96-82	57-35	102-101	255-218
Total points	178	92	203	473
Winners	38	22	38	98
%Winners	40%	39%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	3	11
Double Faults	4	1	3	8
1st in	53/84	26/45	61/97	140/226
% 1st in	63%	58%	63%	62%
1st pts	38/53	22/26	38/61	98/140
% 1st pts	72%	85%	62%	70%
2nd pts	18/31	10/19	22/36	50/86
% 2nd pts	58%	53%	61%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	12
Converted	4/10	5/9	3/10	12/29
Converted %	40%	56%	30%	41%
Conceded	7	1	12	20
Saved	5/7	0/1	10/12	15
Saved %	71%	0%	83%	51%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Sakamoto
	R1 Rodionov	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-49	65-49
Total points	114	114
Winners	25	25
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	34/52	34/52
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	25/34	25/34
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	13/18	13/18
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0

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