In the Rolex Shanghai Masters Round of 128 on Thursday, No. 56-ranked Pavel Kotov takes on No. 336 Yosuke Watanuki. With -125 odds, Kotov is the favourite in opposition to Watanuki (+100) on this matchup.

In his final competitors, Kotov was defeated by Flavio Cobolli 4-6, 2-6 within the Round of 16 on the China Open on September 27, 2024.

Watanuki gained his final match on Monday within the qualifying spherical over Otto Virtanen 6-7, 6-2, 6-0.

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Kotov vs. Watanuki match info

  • Tournament: The Rolex Shanghai Masters
  • Round: Round of 128
  • Date: Thursday, October 3
  • Venue: Qi Zhong Tennis Center
  • Location: Shanghai, China
  • Court Surface: Hard

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Match odds

Pavel Kotov Yosuke Watanuki
-125 Odds to Win Match +100
+8000 Odds to Win Tournament +10000

Kotov stats

  • Kotov has performed 26.0 video games per match (22.9 in best-of-three matches) in his 52 matches over the previous yr (throughout all court docket surfaces).
  • In his 31 matches on exhausting courts over the previous 12 months, Kotov has performed a median of 25.3 video games (22.9 in best-of-three matches).
  • Kotov has gained 78.3% of his service video games over the previous yr, and 22.4% of his return video games.
  • In phrases of serve/return successful percentages on exhausting courts over the previous 12 months, Kotov has gained 78.3% of his video games on serve and 21.2% on return.
  • Kotov has gained 21.5% of his return video games over his final 10 tournaments, and 76.9% of his service video games.
  • Kotov has transformed 135 of 311 break factors total (43.4%) over the previous yr and is 68th in break factors gained.
  • Over his final 10 tournaments, Kotov has transformed 57 of 132 (43.2%) break factors on all surfaces.

Watanuki stats

  • Watanuki is averaging 28.5 video games per match (27.4 in best-of-three matches) by means of his 12 matches performed prior to now yr throughout all court docket varieties, successful 47.1% of these video games.
  • Watanuki has performed 12 matches on exhausting courts prior to now 12 months, and has averaged 28.5 video games per match (27.4 in best-of-three matches) and 10.1 video games per set whereas successful 47.1% of video games.
  • Including all surfaces, Watanuki’s service recreation successful proportion is 77.1% prior to now yr, and his return recreation successful proportion is 16.4%.
  • Watanuki is 111-for-144 in service video games on exhausting courts (77.1%) and 24-for-146 in return video games (16.4%).
  • Over his final 10 tournaments, Watanuki has gained 77.2% of his service video games and 15.4% of his return video games.
  • In the previous yr, Watanuki is 22-for-67 on break factors, 32.8%, to rank 248th.
  • Including all surfaces, Watanuki has transformed 23 of 73 break factors (31.5%) over his final 10 tournaments.

Pavel Kotov vs. Yosuke Watanuki head-to-head

  • Kotov and Watanuki met within the Mutua Madrid Open qualifying spherical on April 25, 2023. Watanuki took it 6-7, 6-3, 7-6.
  • Watanuki and Kotov have performed three units in opposition to each other, with Watanuki taking two of them.
  • Watanuki and Kotov have contested 35 whole video games in opposition to one another, with Watanuki successful 19.
  • In one head-to-head assembly, Kotov and Watanuki have performed 35.0 video games and 3.0 units per match.