Roberto Carballes Baena and Sho Shimabukuro will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.
(image) As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.64
Sho Shimabukuro -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Sho Shimabukuro
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
24 - 23win/loss
61
49
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24-23 | 3-6 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 38-32 | 4-8 | 28-16 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Carballes Baena will start his run in Astana after he played his last match in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger where he lost 7-5 3-6 7-6(6) to Kovalik in the 1st round on the 18th of September.
Carballes Baena has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Marrakech where he overcame Alexandre Muller in the final 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2 and the Seville Challenger where he overcame Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Roberto has an overall 532-363 record. He has a positive 12-11 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Astana
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Sho Shimabukuro
37 - 21win/loss
148
146
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37-21 | 18-14 | 7-1 | 4-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 38-12 | 31-8 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 148, the Japanese reached the 1st round after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-0 2-6 6-2 and Taro Daniel 6-3 6-77 7-66.
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Daniel (6-3 6-77 7-66).During the match Shimabukuro scored less points (4) than Daniel. In fact, the world no. 61 won 126 points vs Daniel’s. That means that Shimabukuro was more focused during the important points. Shimabukuro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Shimabukuro managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Sho Shimabukuro lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Shimabukuro put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (52/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (35/69) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Daniel 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimabukuro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-2 7-5 and the Tunis Challenger where he defeated Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the final 6-4 6-4.
Sho has an aggregate 37-21 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
