Yu Hsiou Hsu and Karue Sell will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yu Hsiou Hsu who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yu Hsiou Hsu is the pick to win this match.
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 1.6
Karue Sell -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Yu Hsiou Hsu vs. Karue Sell

There is no head to head record between Yu Hsiou Hsu and Karue Sell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yu Hsiou Hsu

Ranked no. 217, Hsiou Hsu reached the 2^nd round after beating Andrew Fenty 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Yu had a good straight sets win against Fenty (6-2 6-2). During the match, Hsiou Hsu scored 60 points vs Fenty’s 36. Hsiou Hsu was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hsiou Hsu bagged 6 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Yu Hsiou Hsu was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hsiou Hsu broke Fenty 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Hsiou Hsu has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (298-177). 28-17 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hsiou Hsu has a composed 261-136 match record in the last years on hard.

Hsiou Hsu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Timaru.

Hsiou Hsu has an overall 31-21 win-loss record in 2025, 28-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chicago Challenger

The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.

Karue Sell

Ranked no. 280, the Brazilian reached the 2^nd round after beating Miguel Tobon 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Tobon (6-4 6-3). During the match Sell scored 72 points vs Tobon’s 57. The Brazilian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Sell scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Karue Sell was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sell broke Tobon 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Brazilian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Tyler Challenger and M15 Lakewood.

The Brazilian has a compiled 14-16 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hsiou Hsu	Sell
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	19
Pts	60-36	72-57
Total Points	96	129
Winners	20	22
%Winners	33%	31%

Both Hsiou Hsu and Sell played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hsiou Hsu and Sell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hsiou Hsu played 3 games less than Sell. The Chinese scored 20 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Karue managed to score 22 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hsiou Hsu	Sell
Aces	6	3
Avg per match	6	3
1st in	25/41	31/51
%1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	20/25	22/31
%1st pts	80%	71%
2nd pts	13/16	11/20
%2nd pts	81%	55%

Hsiou Hsu recorded 6 aces . Sell fired 3 aces . Hsiou Hsu won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Sell won 71% of the points on 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	Hsiou Hsu	Sell
Won	4	5
Converted	4/14	5/12
% Converted	29%	42%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	1	2
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	2

Hsiou Hsu broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Yu had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Karue broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Karue conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Hsiou Hsu
	R1 Fenty	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	60-36	60-36
Total points	96	96
Winners	20	20
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	25/41	25/41
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	20/25	20/25
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	13/16	13/16
% 2nd pts	81%	81%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/14	4/14
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sell
	R1 Tobon	Total
Score	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	72-57	72-57
Total points	129	129
Winners	22	22
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/51	31/51
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	22/31	22/31
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger

• Hady HabibHabib – Kyle KangKang (7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Karue SellSell – Miguel TobonTobon (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-6⁷ 6-2) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Darian KingKing (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Giles HusseyHussey – Martin DammDamm (7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Tsung-Hao HuangHuang (6-1 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Stefan DostanicDostanic – Bernard TomicTomic (6-7³ 7-6⁴ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Joshua SheehySheehy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Trevor SvajdaSvajda – Jason JungJung (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Antoine GhibaudoGhibaudo – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Samir BanerjeeBanerjee – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yibing WuWu – Andre IlaganIlagan (1-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Billy HarrisHarris (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Karue SellSell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – Garrett JohnsJohns (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction