Yuichi Sugita Does Samurai Training at Home

Most tennis players are finding different ways to keep training at home and 31 year old Yuichi Sugita took to training at home in a Samurai kit.

Here is the video of the Japanese star that he posted on his Twitter account.

SAMURAI training at home. 日本の文化で世界を元気に!! バカ殿様に届けばいいな!! pic.twitter.com/Tk4NJEIaAJ

— 杉田祐一 / Yuichi SUGITA (@sugitayuichi88) April 2, 2020

In 2017, Sugita reached his first ATP World Tour level final in Antalya, Turkey. In the final Sugita defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-1, 7-6, becoming only the third Japanese man to win an ATP title - the others being Shuzo Matsuoka and Kei Nishikori.

This year, he reached the final of the ATP Challenger Tour event in Noumea, where he lost to Jeffrey John Wolf and also reached the second round of the Australian Open in January where he lost to Andrey Rublev.

It marks his best performance in a Grand Slam - along with reaching the second round in Melbourne in 2018, the second round of Wimbledon in 2018 and the second round of the US Open in 2017.

He has also partnered with former World No. 1 Noami Osaka at the 2018 Hopman Cup, representing Japan.

Sugita has said that he aims to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic and with the Games postponed to 2021, he will have to ensure his ranking remains high enough till next season for the same.

from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2VgLdDA