Tatsuma Ito and Yuichi Sugita in Honolulu Challenger Today

Tatsuma Ito comes up against American Kevin Kim. Ito was in good form in Australia where he went 5-2 and made the second round in Melbourne. Kim's two qualifying matches here are his first for this season. A well prepared Ito should be too much for Kim today.

Ito's countryman Yuichi Sugita has made a similar good start to 2012 with a strong showing in Chennai, beating Rochus and Lu before losing to Almagro in 3R. Indian up an comer Yuki Bhambri aslo did well in Chennai, winning against Beck before being losing in straights to Tipsarevic. Bhambri is still a solid Challenger series player but Sugita has stepped up to ATP level now and should make short work of this encounter.

I am parlaying the two Japanese today.

Tatsuma Ito $1.36 (-280)  vs Kevin Kim
Yuichi Sugita $1.20 (-505)  vs Yuki Bhambri

Parlay for $1.63 (-159)

Yuichi Sugita with East Asian Games Gold Medal