Kyle Edmund topples Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Edmund will play Dominik Koepfer in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Brit conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

The Brit missed the opportunity to break Uchiyama in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

2nd set.

The Brit won the set after he broke Yasutaka in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Uchiyama tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, the Brit kept the situation under control before winning the set 6-4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Kyle scored 77 points vs. Yasutaka’s 68 points.

Kyle served pretty well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 47% points (17/36) on his second serve. Edmund won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8). On the other side, Yasutaka wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 17%1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Edmund and Uchiyama is 1-1.

Next Match H2H: Kyle Edmund vs. Dominik Koepfer – stats

Edmund will take on Koepfer in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record

between Kyle Edmund and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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