The second round of the men’s tennis Hyogo Noah Challenger (Japan/Hyogo, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) singles was held on the 13th, where General Shimabukuro, ranked 177th in the world, defeated Li Tu (Australia), ranked 178th, 4-4. They defeated them 6, 6-2, 6-2 and advanced to the top eight for the second consecutive year.
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The 27-year-old Shimabukuro, who was runner-up in the same tournament last year, advanced to the tournament by defeating No. 8 seed Wong Coleman (Hong Kong) in the first round. Lee, on the other hand, defeated Shintaro Mochizuki and advanced to the second round. This match marked the first meeting between the two.
In the first set of the second round, both players continued to hold and in the 10th game, the score was 4-5, Shimabukuro conceded the first break of the match and lost the first set.
In the second set, Shimabukuro allowed one break, but succeeded in breaking Lee three times and took the second set against Lee, whose serve was unstable with a point winning rate of 23% when the first serve came in. do.
In the final set, Shimabukuro succeeded in breaking Lee three times, despite his poor service following the second set. In the service game, he displayed an outstanding service game, recording a 100% point winning rate when he received the first serve, and he did not allow a single break and came from behind to win.
With the victory, Shimabukuro will face the winner of the match between No. 1 seed Bu Yunchao Kete (China) and world No. 197 J. Rodionov (Austria) in the quarterfinals.
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