Dominik Koepfer gets by Yoshihito Nishioka 7-60 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Hamburg on Tuesday. Koepfer will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Koepfer in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Koepfer succeeded in coming back to break Yoshihito in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.
Dominik wasted a good opportunity to break Yoshihito in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Dominik won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-c
Dominik converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Nishioka converted 10% of his break points (1/10). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 109 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Dominik won just 3 more points than Yoshihito (56-53). The German lost 23 points on serve (34-23). On the other side, Yoshihito conceded 22 points on serve (30-22).
Nishioka took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Koepfer in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Nishioka to win the set because Dominik found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. Yoshihito kept his cool to break Koepfer in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).
They contested 58 points. Yoshihito was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Dominik (33-25). Yoshihito lost 10 points on serve (20-10). In addition, on the other side, Koepfer conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).
Koepfer took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The German managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Koepfer was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Nishioka was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 57 points. Dominik conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Nishioka (34-23). Dominik conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Yoshihito conceded 8 points on serve (8-8).
The German will add to his prize money € 11,050 after conquering this match. He has won already € 24,690 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dominik will add € 6,595 to his earnings to get in total € 31,285 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults and breaks
At the end of the match, Dominik scored 116 points vs. the Japanese’s 109.
The German blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The German won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (4/15) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Nishioka was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 16% – 3/19). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Koepfer and Nishioka is 1-0 for Dominik.
Draw and next match H2H: Dominik Koepfer vs. Roberto Bautista Agut – stats
Koepfer will come up against Bautista Agut in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Dominik Koepfer and Roberto Bautista Agut since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Hamburg
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-60 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-65 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (4-6 6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-2 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-4 0-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel EvansEvans – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Christian GarinGarin – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Benoit PairePaire (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H details and stats
