Mackenzie Mcdonald shocks Kei Nishikori 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Washington on Saturday. Mcdonald is going to play against Jannik Sinner in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 87,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 178,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mackenzie will add $ 172,255 to his earnings to get in total $ 350,755 in total.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Kei Nishikori Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the American scored 111 points vs. the Japanese’s 109.
Mcdonald
Mcdonald won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.
Nishikori
On the other side, the Japanese was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 4/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Mcdonald and Nishikori is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Mcdonald will take on Sinner in the final.
There is no head to head record between Mackenzie Mcdonald and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Mackenzie won the set after he broke Nishikori in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Nishikori tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nonetheless, the American kept the focus to win the set 6-4.
They played 68 points. Mcdonald was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than Nishikori (37-31). Mcdonald conceded 11 points on serve (19-11). On the losing side, Kei conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Sinner had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Nishikori to win the set since Mcdonald managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Kei kept his focus to break Mcdonald in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Kei missed the chance to break the American in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Mackenzie surrendered the 6th game (3-3) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve. Mackenzie was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Japanese conceded 16 points on serve (17-16). on the other side of the court, Mcdonald conceded 19 points on serve (14-19).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Mackenzie conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
The American was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Nishikori was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They played 86 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Kei (45-41). Mcdonald conceded 15 points on serve (29-15). In addition, on the other side, the Japanese conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).
Tennis Scores in Washington
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (7-62 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
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