<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - USugita noNaomi Osaka bamelela iJapane emqhudelwaneni we-Hopman Cup ka-2018  <response>: . futhi. Ulahlekelwe ngumdlalo wakhe wobuntu kuRoger Federer ngo-64, 63, kodwa ukuqhuma kwakhe phezulu kwajabulisa abalandeli futhi kwafakwa kuma-clip amaningi wokuhlanganiswa kokuvelele kwasekuqaleni kwesizini ka-2018. Emqhudelwaneni we-Australian Open ka-2018, uSugita wathola ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala phezu komdlali we-Top 10 ngokunqoba inombolo yomhlaba engu-9 uJack Sock ngamasethi amane. Walahlekelwa emzuliswaneni olandelayo u-Ivo Karlović. NgoFebhuwari wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala eRotterdam kuGrigor Dimitrov. NgoMashi, wahlulwa nguHoracio Zeballos emzuliswaneni wokuqala e-Indian Wells, noRobin Haase emzuliswaneni wokuqala eMiami. Ngo-Ephreli wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala nguJan-Lennard Struff eMonte-Carlo, uGuillermo Garcia-Lopez eBarcelona, noYannick Maden eMunich. NgoMeyi wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala nguPhilip Kohlschreiber eMadrid noRyan Harrison eRome. NgoJuni uSugita wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala weFrench Open nguHoracio Zeballos. Kamuva ngaleyo nyanga wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wesibili e-s-Hertogenbosch nguMarius Copil; kanti ngesonto elilandelayo eHalle washaya i-7 yomhlaba uDominic Thiem ngamasethi aqondile, kulokho athi umdlalo wami omuhle kakhulu emsebenzini wami, ngaphambi kokulahlekelwa kuma-quarter-finals kuDenis Kudla. E-Antalya, eTurkey, uSugita wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wesibili nguPierre-Hugues Herbert. NgoJulayi wahlulwa eWimbledon nguBradley Klahn emzuliswaneni wokuqala. Ngo-Agasti wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala nguVincent Millot eWashington; wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala ngu-Ilya Ivashka eToronto; wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala wokulungiselela eCincinnati; wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala nguLeonardo Mayer eWinston-Salem; futhi wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala we-US Open kuRichard Gasquet. USugita waqala isonto ngemuva kwe-US Open ngerekhodi lokuwina okungu-8 nokulahlekelwa okungu-22 onyakeni, futhi isikhundla sakhe sasingu- 98 emhlabeni. Ngo-Okthoba wathola i-wild card ukungena eTokyo Open, futhi wahlulwa emzuliswaneni wokuqala kumuntu wakuleli uKei Nishikori. 