NEW YORK RESULTS. Edmund bests Uchiyama in the 1st round of the New York Open

Kyle Edmund topples Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4 in the 1^st round in New York on Tuesday. Edmund will play Dominik Koepfer in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Brit conquered in the 12^th game (7-5).

The Brit missed the opportunity to break Uchiyama in the 8^th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2^nd set.

The Brit won the set after he broke Yasutaka in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 10^th (6-4) game. Uchiyama tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5^th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, the Brit kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kyle scored 77 points vs. Yasutaka’s 68 points.

Kyle served pretty well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 47% points (17/36) on his second serve. Edmund won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Yasutaka wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Edmund and Uchiyama is 1-1.

Next Match H2H: Kyle Edmund vs. Dominik Koepfer – stats

Edmund will take on Koepfer in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Kyle Edmund and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in New York

• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Brian ShiShi (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Go SoedaSoeda (6-2 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Jason JungJung – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-3 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Jack SockSock (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 1-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-7⁵ 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-3) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (3-0) – See H2H details
• Jason JungJung – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – See H2H details
• Marcos GironGiron – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kyle EdmundEdmund – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – See H2H details
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-1) – See H2H details