2021 Australian Open First Round – Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert Preview & Prediction

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THE FACTS

The place is Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert happening? Melbourne Park, Melbourne

When is Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert on and what time does it begin? Monday 8^th
January, 2021 – not earlier than 03:15 (UK)

The place can I get tickets for Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert? Click here to reach the official 2021 Australian Open ticket selection

What channel is Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert on? The 2021 Australian Open might be televised on Eurosport so it is worth checking their schedule for this specific match

The place can I stream Yasutaka Uchiyama vs Ugo Humbert within the UK? Sky clients can stream this match on the Sky Go app. Alternatively, the match will be streamed to subscribers of Eurosport Participant, both on the official website or as an add-on to an Amazon Prime subscription

THE LOWDOWN

YASUTAKA UCHIYAMA

• World quantity 108 Yasutaka Uchiyama has only one tour-level match to his identify in 2021 with a straight-sets defeat to Aljaz Bedene at one of many Melbourne Park warm-up tournaments.
• The 28-year-old has by no means gained a Grand Slam match having misplaced within the first spherical 4 occasions, as soon as every at Wimbledon, Roland-Garros, the US Open and the Australian Open since 2019.

UGO HUMBERT

• Ugo Humbert had proven promising indicators in 2019 however actually got here into his personal in 2020, successful the primary title of the yr on the Auckland Open after which coming into some shockingly good type to assert the European Open title in October.
• The 22-year-old Frenchman then made it previous Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Marin Cilic on the Paris Masters earlier than ultimately falling in a deciding tiebreak to Milos Raonic within the quarter-finals.

THE PREDICTION

For the extra informal tennis fan Ugo Humbert might be a relative unknown however the younger Frenchman gained over loads of pundits along with his unbelievable shows in direction of the top of final season. The left-hander has an distinctive, pinpoint forehand and loads of likeable psychological qualities that might make him one to look at for the longer term and he shouldn’t have any hassle on this first spherical match in opposition to Yasutaka Uchiyama. The Japanese gained their solely earlier encounter two years in the past in Brisbane however this needs to be a straight-set revenge for the 22-year-old with 2021 wanting like a possible breakthrough yr.