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Tennis – ATP Challenger Kobe ???????? 2024
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Surface: Hard interior
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The top seeds
Yunchaokete Bu ???????? (Ranking: 72nd at registration)
Taro Daniel ???????? (Ranking: 82)
Mattia Bellucci ???????? (Rank: 105)
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran ???????? (Ranking: 119)
Matteo Gigante ???????? (Ranking: 139)
Yasutaka Uchiyama ???????? (Classement : 140)
Terence Atmane ???????? (Classement : 157)
Coleman Wong ???????? (Classement : 159)
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The match program HERE
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Results HERE
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The updated table HERE
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Shimabukuro starts well
1/16 final (11/11)
Sho Shimabukuro ???????? bat Coleman Wong (8) ???????? : 7-6(5), 6-2
Matej Dodig ???????? bat Naoki Nakagawa (WC) ???????? : 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5
Li Tu ???????? bat Shintaro Mochizuki ???????? : 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
Tung-Lin Wu ???????? bat Tristan Schoolkate ???????? : 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-2
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Terence Atmane hooked
1/16 final (12/11)
Yunchaokete Bu (1) ???????? bat Elias Ymer (Q) ???????? : 6-4, 6-4
Taro Daniel (2) ???????? bat Kaichi Uchida (Q) ???????? : 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
Mattia Bellucci (3) ???????? bat Yuta Shimizu ???????? : 7-6(1), 6-4
James McCabe ???????? bat Matthew Giant (5) ???????? : 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
Yasutaka Uchiyama (6) ???????? bat Guy Den Ouden (Q) ???????? : 6-3, 7-6(6)
Terence Atmane (7) ???????? bat Ryuki Matsuda (WC) ???????? : 7-6(3), 7-6(5)
Alexander Blockx ???????? beat Kasidit Samrej (Q) ???????? : 7-6(3), 6-2
Benjamin Hassan ???????? bat Omar Jasika ???????? : 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
Jurij Rodionov beat Rei Sakamoto (Q) 6-3, 6-2
Yosuke Watanuki (WC) ???????? bat Marc Polmans ???????? : 7-5, abandon
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1/16 final (13/11)
Constant Lestienne ???????? beats Nicolas Moreno De Alboran (4) ???????? : 6-3, 6-2
Alex Bolt ???????? bat Hiroki Moriya (Q) ???????? : 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
The Japanese entertain at home
1/8 final (13/11)
Jurij Rodionov ???????? beats Yunchaokete Bu (1) ????????: 7-6(3), 7-5 / Invisible for many months, Rodionov surprises TDS 1.
Taro Daniel (2) ???????? bat Matej Dodig ???????? : 6-2, 6-2
Yasutaka Uchiyama (6) ???????? bat Tung-Lin Wu ???????? : 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3
Sho Shimabukuro ???????? bat Li Tu ???????? : 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
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Bad day for the Tricolores
1/8th final (14/11)
Mattia Bellucci (3) ???????? bat Alex Bolt ???????? : 6-0, 6-4
Yosuke Watanuki (WC) ???????? bat Terence Atmane (7) ???????? : 7-6(5), 7-5
Alexander Blockx ???????? beats Constant Lestienne ????????: 6-4, 6-4
Benjamin Hassan ???????? bat James McCabe ???????? : 6-2, 7-6(3)
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Day without surprises
The 1/4 finals
Yuri Rodionov ???????? vs Sho Shimabukuro ???????? : 6/7 6/1 7/6 (3)
The Austrian had been waiting for such a series of victories for a long time.
Mattia Bellucci (3) ???????? vs Benjamin Hassan ???????? : 6/1 6/4
No worries for the talented Italian.
Alexander Blockx ???????? vs Yosuke Watanuki (WC) ???????? : 6/2 3/6 7/6 (6)
The young 18-year-old Belgian once again shows his winning qualities. 80% of three-set matches won in 2024.
Yasutaka Uchiyama (6) ???????? vs Taro Daniel (2) ???????? : 3/6 4/6
Japanese duel logically won by Daniel.
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The 1/2 final
Yuri Rodionov ???????? vs Mattia Bellucci (3) ???????? : 7/5 6/3
Trailing 5/3 in the first set, Rodionov saved a set point and Bellucci would not recover.
Alexander Blockx ???????? vs Taro Daniel (2) ???????? : 6/1 7/6 (2)
The young Belgian signs his best victory of the year, in terms of ranking, against the 84th in the world.
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Finale
Yuri Rodionov ???????? vs Alexander Blockx ????????
TO BE FOLLOWED