Sho Shimabukuro vs. Cristian Garin Match Preview & Odds to Win Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
In a match scheduled for Monday, Cristian Garin (No. 94 in rankings) will face Sho Shimabukuro (No. 143) in the Round of 32 of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships.
Garin is favored (-220) in this Round of 32 match against Shimabukuro (+175).
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- Tournament: Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships
- Round: Round of 32
- Date: Monday, October 16
- Court Surface: Hard
- In five hard-court tournaments over the past year, Shimabukuro is 9-6 in matches.
- On hard courts over the past year, Shimabukuro has won 21.5% of his return games and 79.6% of his service games.
- Shimabukuro has converted 40.0% of his break-point chances on hard courts (18 of 45) over the past 12 months.
- In his last tournament (the Rolex Shanghai Masters), Shimabukuro was eliminated by Arthur Weber 2-6, 7-6, 4-6 on October 2, in the qualification round 1.
- Garin has gone 17-11 in 12 tournaments on hard courts over the past year.
- Garin is 160-for-208 in service games on hard courts (76.9%) and 47-for-213 in return games (22.1%).
- Garin’s 44 break points won on 121 total break points on hard courts so far this year (36.4% win percentage) ranks 182nd.
- In the round of 64 of his previous tournament (the Rolex Shanghai Masters) on October 7, Garin was eliminated by No. 3-ranked Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6.
