Asia/Oceania Zone Group I 2R: Japan at Uzbekistan (July 8-10, 2011)
 

Day 1:

Tatsuma Ito JPN lost to Denis Istomin UZB 0-3 (4-6, 4-6, 4-6)
Kei Nishikori JPN defeated Farrukh Dustov UZB 2-1 ((2)6-7, 6-3, 6-1, ret.

Japan 1-1 Uzbekistan

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Day 2

Doubles Japan (Kei Nishikori/Go Soeda) vs Uzbekistan (Denis Istomin/Murad Inoyatov)

Japan 7-5, 1-1 Uzbekistan...

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Japan 7-5, 1-2 Uzbekistan


This indoor facility does not have AC... humid/HOT!

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Japan 7-5, 2-2 Uzbekistan

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Japan 7-5, 3-5 Uzbekistan, serving for the set

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Japan broke back: 7-5, 4-5 Uzbekistan

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Japan 7-5, 5-5 Uzbekistan

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7-5, 5-6

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7-5, 6-6 Tb

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Japan came back from 2-5 to win the 2nd set tiebreaker...


Japan 7-5, 7-6(5) Uzbekistan

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3rd set 4-4

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Japan won the doubles!

7-5, 7-6(5), 7-5

Japan leads the tie 2-1

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Singles 3: Kei defeated Denis Istomin (5)6-7, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3

Japan advanced to the playoff... Japan 3-1 Uzbekistan

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Japan will be a dangerous team with Kei, Ito and Soeda and/or Suzuki in doubles. I think this may be the year they qualify.