TOKYO. Yasutaka Uchiyama stuns Albot in the 2nd round

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO. Uchiyama upsets Albot to compete against Reilly Opelka in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Radu Albot

Yasutaka Uchiyama surprises Radu Albot 6-72 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Uchiyama will clash against Reilly Opelka in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Albot commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Uchiyama in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more to do for Radu to win the set because the Japanese managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Albot kept his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 2.

2nd set.

The Japanese won the set after he broke Radu in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Radu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Uchiyama stayed solid before winning the set 6-3.

3rd set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Japanese conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 104 points vs. Radu’s 95 points.

Uchiyama was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7). On the other side, Radu was struggling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% of his break points (2/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Uchiyama and Albot is 1-1.

Next Match: Yasutaka Uchiyama vs. Reilly Opelka – stats

Uchiyama will compete against Opelka in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Yasutaka Uchiyama and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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