Over the last meetings Shimabukuro, S holds victories - 2, losses - 3. Ilia Simakin on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: victories - 3, losses - 2. Based on the games played we can assume that Ilia Simakin currently is in better form, in comparison to Shimabukuro, S.
Shimabukuro, S: Naoya Honda – (Loss 0:2), Nikoloz Basilashvili – (Loss 2:0), Alex Bolt – (Win 1:2), Alexander Shevchenko – (Loss 2:1), Martin Landaluce – (Win 1:2).
Ilia Simakin: Pavel Kotov – (Loss 2:1), Daniil Ostapenkov – (Win 0:2), Tom Paris – (Win 1:2), Kuan-Yi Lee – (Loss 1:2), Filip Peliwo – (Win 2:0).Both opponents have moved to the round_of_32 while beating worthy opponents on their way there. In tournaments as Busan every game is extremely important which is why a great battle awaits us.