Bradley Klahn outlasts Hiroki Moriya 4-6 6-0 7-5 in the quarter in Ningboo Challenger on Friday after conquering a huge battle. Klahn is going to play against Yasutaka Uchiyama in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Klahn conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Moriya in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the Japanese managed to stage a great comeback to break Klahn in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
This was a one way set after the American conceded no games to Hiroki before winning the set 6-0.
3rd set.
The American won the set after he broke Hiroki in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Hiroki tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Klahn didn’t lose the lead before winning the set 7-5.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Bradley scored 91 points vs. the Japanese’s 78 points.
The American was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that he procured (6/7). On the other side, the Japanese had some problems in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (3/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Klahn and Moriya is 3-0 for Bradley.
Next Match: Bradley Klahn vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama – stats
Klahn will square off with Uchiyama in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Bradley Klahn and Yasutaka Uchiyama since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.
Tennis Scores in Ningboo Challenger
- Steven DiezDiez – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Borna GojoGojo (6-73 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (4-6 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steven DiezDiez – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Bradley KlahnKlahn (0-0) – See H2H details