Yuichi Sugita and Shintaro Imai will face off in the semifinal of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT.
Yuichi Sugita: results and record
Ranked no. 107, Sugita reached the semifinal after defeating Yunseong Chung 6-1 6-4, Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-74 6-3 6-3 and Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 6-3.
Sugita’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Yokkaichi Challenger,the Chengdu Challenger and the Binghamton Challenger.
Yuichi has a 44-26 win-loss record in 2019, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Kobe Challenger
Yuichi didn’t play in the Kobe Challenger in 2018.
Shintaro Imai: results and record
Ranked no. 370, Imai got to the semifinal after defeating Seita Watanabe 6-4 6-2, Duckhee Lee 6-4 6-2, Renta Tokuda 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Hiroki Moriya 6-3 7-64.
Shintaro has a 10-11 win-loss record in 2019, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Kobe Challenger
Imai lost in the 1st round 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Yasutaka Uchiyama.
Kobe Challenger Live score and result Yuichi Sugita vs. Shintaro Imai
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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Shintaro Imai
This will be the 2nd time that Yuichi Sugita and Shintaro Imai face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sugita (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Sugita won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in the Toyota Challenger back in 2014.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yuichi Sugita who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yuichi Sugita is the pick to win this match.
Yuichi Sugita -> 1.14
Shintaro Imai -> 5.50
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Head 2 Head
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- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Go SoedaSoeda (6-3 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Shintaro ImaiImai – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – See H2H details
