Over the last meetings Zhang, Zhizhen holds victories - 1, losses - 4. Sakamoto, Rei on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: victories - 3, losses - 2. Based on this data we can assume that Sakamoto, Rei currently is in better form, in comparison to Zhang, Zhizhen.
Zhang, Zhizhen: Jeffrey John Wolf – (Loss 2:1), Charles Broom – (Loss 2:1), Tyler Zink – (Win 0:2), Justin Boulais – (Loss 2:0), Henry Searle – (Loss 0:2).
Sakamoto, Rei: Luca Van Assche – (Loss 1:2), Jurij Rodionov – (Win 0:2), Daniel Milavsky – (Loss 2:0), Dhakshineswar Suresh – (Win 0:2), Ugo Blanchet – (Win 1:2).Both opponents have moved to the round_of_128 while beating worthy opponents along the way. In tournaments as US Open each event is meaningful which is why a great matchup awaits us.