Filip Peliwo and Liam Broady qualify to the next round - Boys Singles' US Open 2012
Liam Broady defeats Kaichi Uchida 6-1, 6-1
Seeded 13th in the draw, Liam Broady crushed Kaichi Uchida of Japan in the semi-finals of the US Open 2012 Boys’ Singles, held at the hard courts of the Flushing Meadows. The Japanese
contender prevailed over his rival, giving him straight sets defeat, 6-1, 6-1, on Saturday.
The eighth seeded drew the first blood and broke his rival’s serve in the third game. However, he was not able to rally past beyond his initial score which he luckily managed to register and his pace gradually
died down. The Japanese contender clinched the opportunity and thundered on his rival to secure a 6-1 win.
In the next set, the Brit youngster marched forward with a strong resolve to capitalize the lead. The Japanese contender seemed helpless and his rival marked his 4-love lead until the fifth game. Although Uchida
broke his opponents serve twice, in the second and the fourth game, still he was unable to secure any lead, giving Broady a 6-1 win.
The right-hander Japanese had 44 percent serve accuracy in the match but could only manage to bag away 10 of 19 points. On the other hand, the Brit had a lower serve precision of 38 and converted 13 of 14 points
presented to him.
Filip Peliwo prevails over Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4, 6-0
Second seeded Canadian junior, Filip Peliwo, contested against the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka in the semi-finals of the US Open 2012. The Canadian participant jolted down his 6-4, 6-0 triumph on Saturday afternoon.
In the initial set, the Japanese participant was unable to hold the initial serve, giving his rival the opportunity to clamp the chance and commence the set with a 2-love lead. However, as the game kicked forward
both players struggled hard to secure the upper hand in the contest. This resulted in squaring the score line two times in the opener, in the sixth game to 3-3 and eighth game to 4-4. Peliwo broke the Japanese serve in the second last game and nudged forward
his 6-4 win.
The Canadian challenger had average stats of 65 percent firsts serve accuracy, converting 13 of 22 points. He secured the advantage after attaining all the two break points in the match. In comparison, Nishioka
snatched away eight of 16 points but could only manage to have one of the five break points gifted to him.
The next set proved an outright win for the Canadian participant as he continued to top the score line and eventually winning with a 6-0 score. He attained eight of ten points in the set and won all the three
serve breaks. Nishioka although had 44 percent as his first serve accuracy, he could not bag away even a single serve break.
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