The first round of the men’s tennis <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/11/atp-challenger-kobe-2022-draw/" title="ATP Challenger Kobe 2022 Draw”>Hyogo Noah Challenger (Japan/Hyogo, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) singles match was held on the 12th, with 6th seed Yasutaka Uchiyama competing against preliminary winner G. den Auden (ranked 313 in the world). (Netherlands) in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6), making it through to the first round for the fourth time in six years.
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In the first round, Uchiyama, who is ranked 144th in the world and was participating in the tournament for the eighth time, faced Den Ouden, who had won the preliminary rounds and entered the main tournament.
In the first set, Uchiyama did not give his opponent any break points with a stable service game, and was able to break twice to take the lead.
In the second set, Uchiyama broke both players once, and in the ninth game, at 4-4, he beat five break points and did not allow a break, sending the set into a tie-break. They trailed 0-3 in the tie-break, but won six points in a row to reach match point. Despite giving up three points, Uchiyama won the tie-break and won the match.
Uchiyama, who won, will face world No. 220 Wu Tonglin (Taiwan) in the second round. Wu advanced by defeating T. Schoolkeit (Australia), who is ranked 173rd, in the first round.
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