Yuichi Sugita bests Jurij Rodionov 7-5 6-3 in the 1st round in Newport on Monday. Sugita will have to play Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Japanese added to his prize money $ 3,985 after winning this match. He has won already $ 10,015 after this win. If he wins the next match, Yuichi will add $ 5,565 to his earnings to get in total $ 15,580 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Sugita scored 65 points vs. the Austrian’s 52.
Sugita
Sugita served extremely well to win 86% of the points (31/36) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (11/21) on his second serve. The Japanese was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Rodionov
On the other side, the Austrian was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Sugita and Rodionov is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Yuichi Sugita vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Sugita will compete against Thompson in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Yuichi Sugita and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sugita (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Japanese conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Yuichi was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jurij wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 68 points. Sugita won 4 points more than Rodionov (36-32). The Japanese surrendered 7 points on serve (25-7). On the other side, Rodionov conceded 11 points on serve (25-11).
Thompson started the set in the best possible way after breaking Jurij Rodionov in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Japanese found the way to come back to break Rodionov in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Japanese was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Rodionov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 49 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Jurij (29-20). The Japanese lost 8 points on serve (17-8). In addition, on the other side, the Austrian conceded 12 points on serve (12-12).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Denis KudlaKudla – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-63 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (5-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Denis KudlaKudla – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jack SockSock – Alex BoltBolt (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Jason JungJung (0-1) – H2H details and stats
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