Karue Sell and Yibing Wu will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yibing Wu who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yibing Wu is the pick to win this match.
Yibing Wu -> 1.3
Karue Sell -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Karue Sell vs. Yibing Wu
There is no head to head record between Karue Sell and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Karue Sell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-11 | 3-3 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-20 | 24-11 | 21-6 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, the Brazilian got to the semifinal after beating Aidan Mayo 2-6 6-4 6-2, Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-2 and Andres Martin 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Brazilian defeated Martin (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match, Sell scored 95 points vs Martin’s 87. Sell was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sell managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Karue Sell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Brazilian broke Martin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karue has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Sell has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (148-61). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sell has a composed99-36 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Sell has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
The Brazilian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yibing Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-3 | 7-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-17 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 9-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-7 | 20-5 | 10-2 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401, Wu reached the semifinal after beating Keisuke Saitoh 6-1 6-3, Maxime Cressy 7-5 ret., Patrick Maloney 7-5 4-6 6-2, Antoine Escoffier 7-6(3) 7-5 and Alex Rybakov 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the quarter, Yibing had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (7-62 6-2). During the match Wu scored 67 points vs Rybakov’s 51. Yibing was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Wu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Yibing Wu was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Yibing broke Rybakov 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chinese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Chinese has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sell | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 104 |
| Pts | 256-222 | 341-273 |
| Total Points | 478 | 614 |
| Winners | 97 | 130 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Sell played 3 matches while Wu competed in 5 matches. Wu started his run from the qualifications while Sell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Karue Sell surrendered 2 sets, while Yibing Wu dropped 1 set. Sell has played 3 set(s) less than Wu (8 vs 11). Therefore, Sell played 31 games less than Wu. Sell scored 97 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Yibing scored 130 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sell | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 3.4 |
| 1st in | 140/247 | 184/287 |
| %1st in | 57% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 97/140 | 130/184 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 67/107 | 61/103 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Sell blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Wu made 17 aces (3.4 per match). Sell won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sell | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 20 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 20/45 |
| % Converted | 43% | 44% |
| Conceded | 20 | 18 |
| Saved | 16 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Sell broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Wu broke his opponents 20 times with a 44% conversion rate. Yibing conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sell | |||||
| R1 Mayo |
R2 Krueger |
1/4 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 30 | 73 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 72-52 | 95-87 | 256-222 | |
| Total points | 172 | 124 | 182 | 478 | |
| Winners | 39 | 22 | 36 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 31% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/92 | 35/69 | 48/86 | 140/247 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 51% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 22/35 | 36/48 | 97/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 75% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 25/34 | 24/38 | 67/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 74% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/7 | 3/10 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 43% | 30% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 6/6 | 3/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 60% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Wu | |||||||
| Q1 Saitoh |
Q3 Cressy |
R1 Maloney |
R2 Escoffier |
1/4 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 ret. | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 7-63 7-5 | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 12 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 104 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 40-30 | 97-81 | 77-73 | 67-51 | 341-273 | |
| Total points | 98 | 70 | 178 | 150 | 118 | 614 | |
| Winners | 21 | 16 | 39 | 30 | 24 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 18/31 | 59/86 | 46/73 | 34/54 | 184/287 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 69% | 63% | 63% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 16/18 | 39/59 | 30/46 | 24/34 | 130/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 89% | 66% | 65% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 6/13 | 14/27 | 17/27 | 12/20 | 61/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 46% | 52% | 63% | 60% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 | 6/13 | 3/8 | 5/14 | 20/45 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 40% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 3/5 | 3/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 33% | 60% | 50% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
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