Rei Sakamoto and Govind Nanda will square off in the 1st round of the Cap Cana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 1. 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 Rei Sakamoto who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rei Sakamoto is the pick to win this match.
Rei Sakamoto -> 1.75
Govind Nanda -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Rei Sakamoto vs. Govind Nanda
There is no head to head record between Rei Sakamoto and Govind Nanda since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rei Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-18 | 19-13 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 365, Rei got to the 1st round after beating Theo Arribage 6-1 6-0 and Lucas Miedler 6-3 7-6(2).
In the qualifications, Rei had a good straight sets win against Miedler (6-3 7-62). During the match, Sakamoto scored 75 points vs Miedler’s 61. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sakamoto bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Rei Sakamoto was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Miedler 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sakamoto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
Sakamoto has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 52% of his matches (42-39). 8-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sakamoto has a compiled26-22 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Sakamoto’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
The Japanese has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cap Cana Challenger
Sakamoto has never competed in this tournament before.
Govind Nanda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-18 | 15-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-16 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 408, the American got to the 1st round after defeating Hendrik Jebens 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Govind had a good straight sets win against Jebens (6-0 6-0). During the match Nanda scored 48 points vs Jebens’s 15. Govind was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Nanda scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Govind Nanda conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 55% of his first serves in, win 100% (17/17) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Jebens 6 times.
Nanda has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sakamoto | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 12 |
| Pts | 125-79 | 48-15 |
| Total Points | 204 | 63 |
| Winners | 44 | 17 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Sakamoto played 2 matches while Nanda competed in 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Sakamoto has played 2 sets more than Nanda (4 vs 2). Therefore, Sakamoto played 23 games more than Nanda. Rei scored 44 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 17 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sakamoto | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 57/94 | 17/31 |
| %1st in | 61% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 17/17 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 25/37 | 7/14 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 50% |
Sakamoto struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Nanda scored 3 aces . Sakamoto won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 100% 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 | Sakamoto | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 6/6 |
| % Converted | 56% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Nanda broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sakamoto | ||||
| Q1 Arribage |
Q3 Miedler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
| pts | 50-18 | 75-61 | 125-79 | |
| Total points | 68 | 136 | 204 | |
| Winners | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 34/59 | 57/94 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 24/34 | 44/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 16/25 | 25/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 64% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/11 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Nanda | ||||
| Q1 Jebens |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | ||
| pts | 48-15 | 48-15 | ||
| Total points | 63 | 63 | ||
| Winners | 17 | 17 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 17/31 | 17/31 | ||
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | ||
| 1st pts | 17/17 | 17/17 | ||
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | ||
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | ||
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | ||
| Saved % | – | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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