Matteo Arnaldi ousts Rei Sakamoto 7-6(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Thursday. Arnaldi will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Shanghai
Arnaldi's Record

Arnaldi added to his prize money $ 11,500 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Arnaldi
Sakamoto
7-63 6-4
1h:51
71
71
Total points
67
67
35
35
Winners
27
27
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
68%
68%
1st in
54%
54%
78%
78%
1st won
69%
69%
35/45
35/45
1st won
27/39
27/39
43%
43%
2nd won
55%
55%
9/21
9/21
2nd won
18/33
18/33
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
Total
2/3
2/3
30%
30%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Matteo scored 71 points vs. Rei’s 67.

Arnaldi

Arnaldi served extremely well to win 78% of the points (35/45) behind his first serve. However he won only 43% points (9/21) on his second serve. Matteo won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Sakamoto

On the other side, Sakamoto was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Arnaldi and Sakamoto is 1-0 for Matteo.

Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Arnaldi will fight against Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Matteo Arnaldi and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Arnaldi (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Davidovich Fokina won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Delray Beach back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Arnaldi 7-6
ArnaldiSakamoto
7
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
ArnaldiSakamoto
6
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ArnaldiSakamoto
4
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiSakamoto
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiSakamoto
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ArnaldiSakamoto
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiSakamoto
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Matteo won the set after he broke Rei in the 4th (3-1) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Nevertheless, Matteo didn’t lose the lead to win the set 7-6.

Matteo was unable to break the Japanese in the 2nd game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Arnaldi converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sakamoto was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40).

They played 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Matteo won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Rei (40-41). Matteo dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Sakamoto conceded 19 points on serve (32-19).

2nd Set -
Arnaldi 6-4
ArnaldiSakamoto
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiSakamoto
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ArnaldiSakamoto
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
ArnaldiSakamoto
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiSakamoto
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Arnaldi won the set after he broke Rei in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, the Italian didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.

Arnaldi converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Sakamoto converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They contested 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Matteo won just 3 more points than Sakamoto (30-27). The Italian lost 13 points on serve (18-13). On the losing side, Sakamoto conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

1st
Arnaldi
Sakamoto
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Arnaldi
Sakamoto
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1

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