Liam Draxl and Michael Zheng will square off in the semifinal of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.6
Michael Zheng -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Liam Draxl

Ranked no. 146, Draxl got to the semifinal after beating Rafael Jodar 7-5 6-2, Patrick Maloney 6-4 6-1 and Kenta Miyoshi 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the quarter, Liam had a good straight sets win against Miyoshi (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Draxl scored 80 points vs Miyoshi’s 73. Draxl was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl fired 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Liam Draxl was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Draxl broke Miyoshi 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Liam hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (189-94). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draxl has an overall91-46 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Canadian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger,the Oeiras 3 Challenger,the Sarasota Challenger and the Savannah Challenger.

Liam has an aggregate 28-13 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 723, Michael got to the semifinal after beating Christian Langmo 6-2 6-2, Adria Soriano Barrera 6-2 6-1 and Andres Martin 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Zheng had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-4 6-2). During the match Zheng scored 57 points vs Martin’s 36. Zheng was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Zheng fired 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Michael Zheng was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (20/22) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Michael broke Martin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zheng hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

Zheng has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Little Rock Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Draxl	Zheng
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	60	49
Pts	213-182	182-114
Total Points	395	296
Winners	96	66
%Winners	45%	36%

Both Draxl and Zheng played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Draxl and Zheng have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Draxl played 11 games more than Zheng. Draxl scored 96 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 66 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Draxl	Zheng
Aces	4	6
Avg per match	1.3	2
1st in	140/212	80/122
%1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	96/140	66/80
%1st pts	69%	83%
2nd pts	36/72	30/42
%2nd pts	50%	71%

Draxl fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Zheng struck 6 aces (2 per match). Draxl won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Draxl	Zheng
Won	13	13
Converted	13/23	13/26
% Converted	57%	50%
Conceded	24	1
Saved	19	0
% Saved	79%	0%
Times Broken	5	1

Draxl broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
	R1 Jodar	R2 Maloney	1/4 Miyoshi	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-4 6-1	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	17	23	60
pts	72-61	61-48	80-73	213-182
Total points	133	109	153	395
Winners	34	29	33	96
%Winners	47%	48%	41%	45%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	4
Double Faults	1	3	6	10
1st in	51/70	44/64	45/78	140/212
% 1st in	73%	69%	58%	66%
1st pts	34/51	29/44	33/45	96/140
% 1st pts	67%	66%	73%	69%
2nd pts	8/19	10/20	18/33	36/72
% 2nd pts	42%	50%	55%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5	3	13
Converted	5/8	5/6	3/9	13/23
Converted %	63%	83%	33%	57%
Conceded	7	10	7	24
Saved	5/7	9/10	5/7	19
Saved %	71%	90%	71%	77%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Zheng
	R1 Langmo	R2 Soriano	1/4 Martin	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	15	18	49
pts	66-44	59-34	57-36	182-114
Total points	110	93	93	296
Winners	28	18	20	66
%Winners	42%	31%	35%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3	6
Double Faults	1	1	0	2
1st in	36/48	22/34	22/40	80/122
% 1st in	75%	65%	55%	66%
1st pts	28/36	18/22	20/22	66/80
% 1st pts	78%	82%	91%	83%
2nd pts	7/12	10/12	13/18	30/42
% 2nd pts	58%	83%	72%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/6	5/13	4/7	13/26
Converted %	67%	38%	57%	50%
Conceded	0	0	1	1
Saved	0/0	0/0	0/1	0
Saved %	–	–	0%	0%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Tennis Scores in Little Rock Challenger

• Patrick KypsonKypson – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Andres MartinMartin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andres AndradeAndrade – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Andres MartinMartin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Patrick KypsonKypson – Andres AndradeAndrade (1-0) – H2H and prediction