TOKYO. Radu Albot hustles Krajinovic in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Radu Albot beats Filip Krajinovic 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Tuesday. Albot will face off with Yasutaka Uchiyama in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

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

Krajinovic lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

The Moldovan won the set after he broke the Serbian in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Filip tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Moldovan stayed solid before winning the set 7-5.

Statistics

After this contest, the head to head between Albot and Krajinovic is 1-1.

Next Match: Radu Albot vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama – stats

Albot will come up against Uchiyama in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Radu Albot and Yasutaka Uchiyama clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Albot won 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in Shenzhen Challenger back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Go SoedaSoeda (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details