Kyle Edmund upsets Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Washington on Monday. Edmund will try to keep the momentum against Daniel Evans in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 1 minute. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 6,660 after winning this match. He has won already $ 14,280 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kyle will add $ 11,815 to his earnings to get in total $ 26,095 in total.
Highlights Kyle Edmund vs. Yosuke Watanuki Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Brit scored 86 points vs. the Japanese’s 83.
Edmund
The Brit served pretty well to win 80% of the points (44/55) behind his first serve. However he won only 38% points (14/37) on his second serve. Edmund was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Watanuki
On the other side, Watanuki 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 encounter, the head to head between Edmund and Watanuki is 1-0 for Kyle.
Draw and next match H2H: Kyle Edmund vs. Daniel Evans – stats
Edmund will square off with Evans in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Kyle Edmund and Daniel Evans face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Edmund (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Brit conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Brit converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. Edmund was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Watanuki (45-38). Edmund conceded 17 points on serve (29-17). On the other side, Watanuki conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Edmund started the set in the best possible way after breaking Yosuke Watanuki in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Kyle refused to bow to come back to break Watanuki in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 8.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 3 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Japanese won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
The Brit was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40). Edmund saved 4 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Watanuki converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 6th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kyle won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Yousuke (41-45). The Brit lost 17 points on serve (30-17). On the losing side, Watanuki conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
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