TOKYO. John Millman tops Ito in the qualifications of the Rakuten Japan Open

John Millman gets by Tatsuma Ito 7-6⁵ 6-1 in the qualifications in Tokyo on Sunday. Millman will face Adrian Mannarino in the 1^st round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, John won the breaker at 5.

2^nd set.

Millman had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Ito in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. John managed to boost his lead after breaking Tatsuma in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Millman won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, John scored 75 points vs. the Japanese’s 58 points.

The Australian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 72% points (13/18) on his second serve. John won this match even if he had some problems in converting his break points because he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Millman and Ito is 2-1 for John.

Next Match: John Millman vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats

Millman will square off with Mannarino in the 1^st round.

There is no head to head record between John Millman and Adrian Mannarino since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Tatsuma ItoIto (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Marcel GranollersGranollers (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-3 7-6⁰) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
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