TENNIS ATP TOKYO – The Tokyo Japan Rakuten Open saw two stars Stan Wawrinka and Jo Wilfred Tsonga eliminated on Tuesday after Marcel Granollers upset David Ferrer yesterday. Diego Sampaolo
In the night match Tsonga could not convert two match points at 6-4 and 8-7 in the tie-break of the third set against World Number 142 Michal Przysiezny who fought back from a set down to edge the Frenchman in a very tight match with 4-6 7-5 7-6 (11-9). Tsonga was affected by a wrist problem at the start of the third set.
Local favourite Tatsuma Ito, World Number 103 produced a major upset when he defeated this year’Australian Open champion and top-seed Stan Wawrinka with 7-5 6-2 scoring his first ever win against a top-5 player. The Lausanne player lost his first match against a player outside the top-100 since his defeat against Nicholas Mahut at S’Hertogenbosch in 2013. Ito got two breaks at 1-1 and 5-5 to clinch the first set with 7-5 before taking the second set with 6-2.
Giles Simon fended off five match points at 5-6 in the second set and one at 6-7 in the tie-break before Roberto Bautista Agut withdrew during the fourth game of the third set when he was 1-2 down. Simon advanced to the next round with 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 2-1.
Milos Raonic, who finished runner-up i Tokyo in 2012 and 2013, overcame Bernard Tomic 7-6 (7-3) 6-3.
