TENNIS SCORES. Shuichi Sekiguchi surprises Myneni in the 2nd round of the the Shanghai Challenger

Shuichi Sekiguchi upsets Saketh-Sai Myneni 4-6 6-3 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in Shanghai Challenger on Wednesday. Sekiguchi will square off with Yasutaka Uchiyama in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Indian conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Sekiguchi clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, The Japanese broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (5-3) game before winning the set 6-3.

The Indian lost the plot in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

3^rd set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Sekiguchi won the breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Sekiguchi scored 101 points vs. Myneni’s 94 points.

Sekiguchi was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3). On the other side, the Indian had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Sekiguchi and Myneni is 1-0.

Next Match: Shuichi Sekiguchi vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama – stats

Sekiguchi will take on Uchiyama in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Shuichi Sekiguchi and Yasutaka Uchiyama since this will be the first time that they will play each other at pro level.

The last time that they played, Uchiyama won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Shenzhen Challenger back in 2015.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Tak Khunn WangKhunn Wang (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi – Saketh-Sai MyneniMyneni (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Runhao HuaHua (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrew HarrisHarris – Makoto OchiOchi (4-6 6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez – Jumpei YamasakiYamasaki (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Yuichi SugitaSugita – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-0) – See score progression
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Di WuWu – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Tatsuma ItoIto – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – James WardWard (6-4 7-6³) – See score progression
• Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Fajing SunSun (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Max PurcellPurcell – Luke SavilleSaville (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Yecong HeHe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Arjun KadheKadhe (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – See H2H details
• Di WuWu – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (0-0) – See H2H details
• Steven DiezDiez – Enrique Lopez-PerezLopez-Perez (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (0-0) – See H2H details
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
• Collin AltamiranoAltamirano – Tatsuma ItoIto (0-0) – See H2H details
• Akira SantillanSantillan – Andrew HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details
• Max PurcellPurcell – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (0-0) – See H2H details