Rinky Hijikata and Tai Sach will square off in the 2^nd round of the Playford Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Rinky Hijikata who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rinky Hijikata is the pick to win this match.
Rinky Hijikata -> 1.112
Tai Sach -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Tai Sach

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Tai Sach since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata

Ranked no. 125, the Australian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Takuya Kumasaka 6-2 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Hijikata had a good straight sets win against Kumasaka (6-2 6-0). During the match, Hijikata scored 55 points vs Kumasaka’s 33. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Hijikata scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Rinky Hijikata conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Hijikata put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Hijikata broke Kumasaka 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Hijikata has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (231-164). 16-17 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hijikata has a composed166-100 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Bordeaux Challenger and the Birmingham Challenger.

Hijikata has a compiled 30-33 win-loss record in 2025, 16-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Tai Sach

Ranked no. 647 (career-high), Tai got to the 2^nd round after beating Tung-Lin Wu 7-5 3-6 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Sach defeated Wu (7-5 3-6 6-2). During the match Sach scored 105 points vs Wu’s 101. Sach was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Sach recorded 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tai Sach lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sach put 55% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Wu 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Hinode.

The Australian has a composed 26-23 win-loss record in 2025, 26-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Tai has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hijikata	Sach
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	14	29
Pts	55-33	105-101
Total Points	88	206
Winners	22	37
%Winners	40%	35%

Both Hijikata and Sach played 1 match. At the moment, Tai Sach dropped 1 set while Rinky Hijikata hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hijikata has played 1 set(s) less than Sach (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hijikata played 15 games less than Sach. Rinky scored 22 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 37 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hijikata	Sach
Aces	1	6
Avg per match	1	6
1st in	28/48	56/102
%1st in	58%	55%
1st pts	22/28	37/56
%1st pts	79%	66%
2nd pts	10/20	22/46
%2nd pts	50%	48%

Hijikata recorded 1 ace . Sach also blasted 6 aces . Hijikata won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sach won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hijikata	Sach
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/16
% Converted	63%	31%
Conceded	1	10
Saved	1	6
% Saved	100%	60%
Times Broken	0	4

Hijikata broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Rinky very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sach broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Hijikata
	R1 Kumasaka	Total
Score	6-2 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	55-33	55-33
Total points	88	88
Winners	22	22
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	28/48	28/48
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	22/28	22/28
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	10/20	10/20
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Sach
	R1 Wu	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	105-101	105-101
Total points	206	206
Winners	37	37
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	56/102	56/102
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	37/56	37/56
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	22/46	22/46
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/16	5/16
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

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