Yuta Shimizu and Alex Bolt will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Tyler Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.66
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Alex Bolt

This will be the 3^rd time that Yuta Shimizu and Alex Bolt face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Shimizu and Bolt (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bolt won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Bakersfield back in March 2023.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 256, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Marius Copil 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Copil (6-2 6-1). During the match, Shimizu scored 64 points vs Copil’s 38. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shimizu bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuta Shimizu lost the Serve once. Furthermore, Shimizu put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the 2nd serve. Shimizu broke Copil 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (204-102). 22-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shimizu has a composed155-77 record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Japanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.

Yuta has a composed 22-11 win-loss record in 2023, 22-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tyler Challenger

Yuta has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 377, Bolt reached the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-1 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 62 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 44. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Bolt managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Bolt was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt broke Pablo Ficovich 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Bolt’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Bakersfield.

Bolt has a compiled 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shimizu and Bolt played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shimizu and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shimizu played 2 games less than Bolt. The Japanese scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt managed to score 22 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Shimizu fired 3 aces . Bolt blasted 3 aces . Shimizu won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Japanese broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.