ble don ▁Championships ▁without ▁losing ▁a ▁set , ▁and ▁he ▁beat ▁Andreas ▁Ha ider - M aur er ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁for ▁two ▁consecutive ▁years ▁in ▁this ▁event . ▁He ▁was ▁then ▁defeated ▁by ▁world ▁No . ▁ 9 ▁Richard ▁Gas quet ▁in ▁four ▁sets . ▁He ▁managed ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁Open , ▁but ▁fell ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁to ▁Mar cos ▁Bag h dat is . ▁In ▁the ▁Asian ▁swing , ▁So eda ▁reached ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁in ▁the ▁Th ailand ▁Open , ▁be ating ▁fellow ▁qual ifier ▁Santiago ▁G iral do . ▁▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁So eda ▁faced ▁world ▁No . ▁ 4 ▁and ▁the ▁previous ▁year ' s ▁final ist , ▁Andy ▁Murray , ▁in ▁the ▁Australian ▁Open ▁first ▁round , ▁losing ▁in ▁straight ▁sets . ▁In ▁September , ▁he ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁second ▁round ▁in ▁the ▁Malays ian ▁Open , ▁before ▁losing ▁to ▁Mar ink o ▁Mat ose vic . ▁So eda ▁recorded ▁nine ▁semif inal ▁or ▁better ▁results ▁at ▁Ch allen ger ▁events ▁in ▁the ▁year . ▁These ▁included ▁winning ▁the ▁title ▁in ▁Bus an , ▁N anch ang , ▁and ▁Toy ota . ▁He ▁ended ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁ranked ▁within ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁in ▁his ▁career . ▁▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁So eda ▁started ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁season ▁by ▁playing ▁in ▁Australia ▁and ▁won ▁through ▁the ▁opening ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁Open , ▁be ating ▁qual ifier ▁E