Yoshihito Nishioka overcomes Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Seoul on Saturday. Nishioka will have to play Denis Shapovalov in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes.
Nishioka added to his prize money $ 40,875 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 99,185 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $ 70,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,035 in total.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Nishioka scored 86 points vs. Kovacevic’s 70.
Nishioka
Yoshihito won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Kovacevic
On the other side, the American didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Kovacevic is 1-0 for Yoshihito.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Nishioka will compete against Shapovalov in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Denis Shapovalov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka won the set after he broke Aleksandar in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Nishioka converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the American (30-21). Yoshihito was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Aleksandar conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Aleksandar grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Aleksandar was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kovacevic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 58 points. This set was so close that, Aleksandar won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Kovacevic dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Nishioka had a great start in this set after breaking Aleksandar Kovacevic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Yoshihito to win the set as Kovacevic found the way to break back in the 7th (3-4) game. Yoshihito kept his cool to break Aleksandar in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
The Japanese converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (2-4 15-40).
They played 47 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Aleksandar (27-20). Yoshihito surrendered 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the court, Aleksandar conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Tennis Scores in Seoul
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H details and stats
