Arnaldi d. Sakamoto

Arnaldi beat Sakamoto 7-6(3), 6-4 in the first round at the Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai. Arnaldi won 71 of 138 points (51%). Arnaldi hit 6 aces to 3 and won 78% of points behind the first serve (35/45) against 69% for Sakamoto. Arnaldi converted 3 of 10 break points and saved 1 of 3 faced; Sakamoto converted 2 of 3. The match was played on hard in China.