Yasutaka Uchiyama upsets Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7-67 6-4 in the semifinal in Shanghai Challenger on Saturday. Uchiyama will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Di Wu in the final.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Uchiyama won the tiebreak at 7.
2nd set.
Uchiyama started the set strong after breaking Gunneswaran in the 1st game (1-0). That was decisive for Yasutaka to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Statistics
At the end of the match, Yasutaka scored 77 points vs. Gunneswaran’s 69 points.
Yasutaka struck 11 aces without committing any double fault. Yasutaka won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (1/3). On the other side, Gunneswaran wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Uchiyama and Gunneswaran is 1-0.
Next Match: Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Di Wu – stats
Uchiyama will square off with Wu in the final.
There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Di Wu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger
- Di WuWu – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Di WuWu (0-0) – See H2H details
