The Portuguese tennis player Frederico Silva qualified this Friday for the semifinals of the Yokkaichi Challenger, by winning three sets Colin Sinclair, in the quarterfinals of the Japanese race, held on hard ground.
Federico Silva, 244 in the world rankingdefeated the tennis player from the Northern Mariana Islands, ranked 498th in the ATP hierarchy, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3, after an hour and 58 minutes of confrontation.
The 27-year-old Portuguese player will talk about access to the final of the tournament with the Japanese Kaichi Uchida, number 165 in the world and first seedwho beat his compatriot Sho Shimabukuro, 284th in the men’s circuit, 4-6, 6-2 and 7-5 this Friday in the quarterfinals.
Frederico Silva seeks to qualify for the second consecutive time to the final of a challengerafter having lost the title in Kobe, also in Japan, last Sunday, against the Japanese Yosuke Watanuki, which meant a rise of 47 places in the world ranking.
Source: Observadora
