Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Aslan Karatsev Match Preview & Odds to Win Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
Shintaro Mochizuki (No. 215 ranking) will take on Aslan Karatsev (No. 50) in the semifinals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships on Saturday, October 21.
Karatsev is the favorite (-400) in this Semifinal match versus Mochizuki (+300).
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- Tournament: Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
- Round: Semifinal
- Date: Saturday, October 21
- Court Surface: Hard
- In five tournaments on hard courts over the past 12 months, Mochizuki has gone 3-5.
- Mochizuki has won 23.1% of his return games on hard courts over the past year, and 65.8% of his service games.
- Mochizuki is 311th in break points won on hard courts over the past 12 months, converting seven of 22 (31.8%).
- In his previous tournament (the Rolex Shanghai Masters), Mochizuki was eliminated by Chun Hsin Tseng 6-4, 1-6, 4-6 on October 2, in the qualification round 1.
- Karatsev has registered a 15-14 record in 14 tournaments on hard courts over the past 12 months.
- Karatsev has an 80.7% winning percentage in service games on hard courts, and a 20.0% winning percentage in return games.
- Karatsev’s 45 break points won on 113 total break points on hard courts so far this year (39.8% winning percentage) ranks 172nd.
- In his most recent tournament (the Rolex Shanghai Masters) on October 5, Karatsev went up against Quentin Halys in the round of 128 and lost 6-7, 6-3, 2-6.
