Luke Saville dismisses Kaichi Uchida in the Boys’ Singles semi-finals – Wimbledon Championships 2011
Luke Saville of Australia knocked out Japanese Kaichi Uchida in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the boys’ singles event at the Wimbledon Championships in London on Friday. Saville took 57 minutes to undo his opponent
in a one-sided contest.
The Australian and Uchida held their serve in the first six games of the opening set to square off the score at 3-3. Saville broke the Japanese in seventh game and held his serve in the next game to take a 5-3 lead. The Australian
served out the set in the tenth game, claiming it 6-4.
Saville delivered 58 percent of the first serves and six aces in the first set. The Australian captured an incredible 93 percent of the first service points and 55 percent of the second service points in the opening set. In comparison,
Uchida did not serve that well as he hit only a single ace and sealed 58 percent of the first service points in the first set. The Japanese smacked just four winners in comparison to a whopping eighteen by his opponent. Uchida claimed 23 percent of the return
points in the opening set. Saville troubled his opponent with aggressive returns, claiming 44 percent of the receiving points in the first set. The Australian capitalised on one of the four break point opportunities he created and did not face any break point
on his own serve in the opening set.
Saville was almost flawless in the second set as he dropped just a single game and broke the Japanese twice to claim the set 6-1.
The Australian kept bashing his opponent with the serve, winning an amazing 93 percent of the first service points and firing five aces in the second set. While, Uchida delivered one ace and 67 percent of the first serves in the
second set. The Japanese hit just three winners and committed five unforced errors. On the other hand, Saville smacked a whopping fourteen winners and made just four unforced errors in the second set. The Australian was too good with the return of serve as
he converted an incredible 57 percent of the returns into points in the second set. The sixteenth was flawless at the net, bagging all the seven net approach points. The Australian won two of the four break points he received on Uchida’s serve in the second
set.
Saville will take on fifteenth seed Liam Broady of Great Britain in the title match. The Brit beat Australian Jason Kubler 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
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