Yasutaka Uchiyama bests Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in Ningboo Challenger on Friday. Uchiyama will play against Bradley Klahn in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Uchiyama conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).
2nd set.
Uchiyama started the set strong after breaking Ferreira Silva in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Japanese extended his lead after breaking the Portuguese in the 3rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of the match was when Uchiyama won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Yasutaka scored 67 points vs. Ferreira Silva’s 50 points.
Uchiyama served extremely well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (12/18) on his second serve. Uchiyama won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7). On the other side, the Portuguese wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Uchiyama and Ferreira Silva is 1-0.
Next Match: Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Bradley Klahn – stats
Uchiyama will come up against Klahn in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Bradley Klahn since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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
