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Matteo Arnaldi #61 def. Rei Sakamoto #200

7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2025*
Tournament	Rolex Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Matteo Arnaldi
Score	7-6 6-4
Loser	Rei Sakamoto
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Matteo Arnaldi	Rei Sakamoto
Aces	6	3
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	68	54
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	43	55
Break points saved %	33	70
Break points converted %	30	67
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	51	49
Serve rating	274	251
Return rating	133	164

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Matteo Arnaldi	Rei Sakamoto
Country	ITA	JPN
Birth date	Feb 22, 2001	Jun 24, 2006
Age	24	19
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	200
Ranking points (entering)	858	292
Elo (entering)	1,743	1,544
Career W-L	71–73	1–5
Career earnings	$5,776,162	$493,880

Pre-match H2H

Matteo Arnaldi 0 – 0 Rei Sakamoto

Path

Matteo Arnaldi's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Matteo Arnaldi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2025	R64	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rei Sakamoto's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2025	Q2	Mackenzie McDonald	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 1, 2025	Q1	Brandon Holt	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data