World No 185 Uchiyama stuns World No 14 Edmund in Brisbane International

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Patna : World No 185 in ATP rankings Yasutaka Uchiyama, 26, Japan, stunned World No 14 Kyle Edmund, 23, UK, 7-6, 6-4 in the Round of 16 to enter the quarter-finals of Brisbane International, an ATP 250 points event, at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on January 2, 2019.

Uchiyama hammered 15 Aces in the match to 7 by Edmund. Uchiyama also won a break point besides winning 3 games in a row in the  match. Uchiyama’s winning percentange on his first serve was 85 % compared to 70 % of Edmund.

World Ni 9 Kei Nishikori, 29, Japan, beat World No 63 Denis Kudla, 26, USA, 7-5, 6-2 in the Round of 16 to enter the quarter-finals of the event. Nishikori fired 7 Aces in the match to 5 by Kudla. Nishikori committed 2 double faults to 3 by Kudla. Nishikori also won 3 break points besides winning 5 games in a row in the match.

World No 18 Milos Raonic, 28, Canada, defeated World No 131 Miomir Kecmanovic, 19, Serbia, 6-3, 7-6 in the Round of 16 to enter the QFs. Raonic hammered 22 Aces in the match to just 3 by Kecmanovic. Raonic also committed 3 double faults though. He, however, won 1 break point besides winning 3 games in a row in the match.

World No 40 Jeremy Chardy, 31, France, beat World No 35 Nick Kyrgios, 23, Australia, in a three-set encounter 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 in the Round of 16 to enter the QFs. Chardy hammered 17 Aces in the match to 15 by Kyrgios. Chardy committed 5 double faults to 6 by Kyrgios. Chardy also won 3 break points besides winning 5 games in a row in the match.

World No 19 Grigor Dimitrov, 27, Bulgaria, beat World No 38 Johm Millman, 29, Australia, 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 16 to enter the QFs. Dimitrov fired 6 Aces in the match to just 1 by Millman. Dimitrov also won 4 break points to 2 by Millman. Dimitrov also won 4 games in a row in the match.