Patrick Kypson and Rei Sakamoto will square off in the semifinal of the Cary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:30 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 Patrick Kypson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Patrick Kypson is the pick to win this match.
Patrick Kypson -> 1.49
Rei Sakamoto -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Patrick Kypson vs. Rei Sakamoto

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

Patrick Kypson

Ranked no. 240, Kypson reached the semifinal after defeating Masamichi Imamura 6-3 6-4, Karue Sell 7-6(3) 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 5-7 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Galarneau, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kypson scored 98 points vs Galarneau’s 89. Kypson was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kypson struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Patrick Kypson was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Patrick broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kypson has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Kypson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (225-128). 16-2 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kypson has an aggregate 86-58 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bogota Challenger where he beat Pedro Sakamoto in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Little Rock Challenger where he defeated Michael Zheng in the final 6-1 1-6 7-5.

The American has an aggregate 23-4 win-loss record in 2025, 16-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Rei Sakamoto

Ranked no. 291, the Japanese reached the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3, Patrick Maloney 3-6 6-1 6-2 and Tristan Schoolkate 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the quarter, Sakamoto had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (7-6² 6-4). During the match Sakamoto scored 80 points vs Schoolkate’s 71. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakamoto blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Rei broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rei has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Rei’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.

Sakamoto has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Rei has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kypson	Sakamoto
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	72	78
Pts	239-210	275-239
Total Points	449	514
Winners	89	121
%Winners	37%	44%

Both Kypson and Sakamoto played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Patrick Kypson dropped 1 set, while Rei Sakamoto lost 2 sets. Kypson has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (7 vs 8). Therefore, Kypson played 6 games less than Sakamoto. Patrick scored 89 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Rei recorded 121 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kypson	Sakamoto
Aces	22	29
Avg per match	7.3	9.7
1st in	118/218	166/279
%1st in	54%	59%
1st pts	89/118	121/166
%1st pts	75%	73%
2nd pts	59/100	62/113
%2nd pts	59%	55%

Kypson made 22 aces (7.3 per match). Sakamoto managed to score 29 aces (9.7 per match). Kypson won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kypson	Sakamoto
Won	9	12
Converted	9/25	12/24
% Converted	36%	50%
Conceded	6	26
Saved	2	21
% Saved	33%	81%
Times Broken	4	5

Patrick broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Rei broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rei conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Kypson
	R1 Imamura	R2 Sell	1/4 Galarneau	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	7-63 6-3	5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	22	31	72
pts	68-57	73-64	98-89	239-210
Total points	125	137	187	449
Winners	27	25	37	89
%Winners	40%	34%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	6	7	9	22
Double Faults	0	4	4	8
1st in	35/66	34/67	49/85	118/218
% 1st in	53%	51%	58%	54%
1st pts	27/35	25/34	37/49	89/118
% 1st pts	77%	74%	76%	75%
2nd pts	17/31	22/33	20/36	59/100
% 2nd pts	55%	67%	56%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	9
Converted	3/9	2/3	4/13	9/25
Converted %	33%	67%	31%	36%
Conceded	2	0	4	6
Saved	1/2	0/0	1/4	2
Saved %	50%	–	25%	25%
Times Broken	1	0	3	4

Sakamoto
	R1 Mejia	R2 Maloney	1/4 Schoolkate	Total
Score	6-78 6-3 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-2	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	31	24	23	78
pts	121-111	74-57	80-71	275-239
Total points	232	131	151	514
Winners	55	32	34	121
%Winners	45%	43%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	12	10	7	29
Double Faults	4	1	2	7
1st in	80/133	36/61	50/85	166/279
% 1st in	60%	59%	59%	59%
1st pts	55/80	32/36	34/50	121/166
% 1st pts	69%	89%	68%	73%
2nd pts	27/53	13/25	22/35	62/113
% 2nd pts	51%	52%	63%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/13	4/4	3/7	12/24
Converted %	38%	100%	43%	50%
Conceded	15	1	10	26
Saved	13/15	0/1	8/10	21
Saved %	87%	0%	80%	56%
Times Broken	2	1	2	5

Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger

• Yibing WuWu – Michael ZhengZheng (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Rei SakamotoSakamoto – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Michael ZhengZheng (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yibing WuWu – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction