Yuta Shimizu played energetic strokes with admirable accuracy to beat the top seed and former world No. 42 Benjamin Bonzi 7-5, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Dafa News $82,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday.
Bonzi was erratic, and thus every time he tried to fight back by breaking Shimizu’s serve, he was unable to capitalise on the opening. He did fight bravely, saving match points, but it only stretched the contest a little more.
In comparison, the short-built Shimizu pounced on the chances that came his way, and converted six of seven break points to make it a straight forward affair.
