Kecmanovic tops Nishioka in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Kecmanovic gets by Nishioka to fight against Daniel Evans in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

Miomir Kecmanovic downs Yoshihito Nishioka 2-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Wednesday. Kecmanovic will clash against Daniel Evans in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kecmanovic
Tokyo
Kecmanovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 13,330 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 28,565 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Serbian will add $ 24,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,520 in total.

Highlights Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kecmanovic
Nishioka
Miomir Kecmanovic
2-6 7-61 6-2
2h:10
Yoshihito Nishioka
97
97
Total points
87
87
42
42
Winners
43
43
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
67%
67%
1st in
71%
71%
72%
72%
1st won
61%
61%
42/58
42/58
1st won
43/70
43/70
46%
46%
2nd won
46%
46%
13/28
13/28
2nd won
13/28
13/28
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
4/7
4/7
40%
40%
Won
57%
57%
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At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 97 points vs. Nishioka’s 87.

Kecmanovic

Kecmanovic fired 12 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Kecmanovic won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Nishioka

On the other side, Nishioka didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Kecmanovic and Nishioka is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Daniel Evans – stats

Kecmanovic will take on Evans in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Miomir Kecmanovic and Daniel Evans fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kecmanovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Miomir Kecmanovic Draw info

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1st Set -
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Kecmanovic enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Nishioka refused to bow to come back to break Miomir 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Kecmanovic was completely knocked out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-2 to 6-2.

They contested 58 points. Yoshihito was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Miomir (34-24). Nishioka dropped 11 points on serve (17-11). on the other side of the court, the Serbian conceded 17 points on serve (13-17).

2nd Set -
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The Serbian won the set after he broke the Japanese in the 6th (4-2) game. Yoshihito tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Kecmanovic managed to stay calm and finish the job to eventually clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 1.

Tiebreak

The Serbian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 6th (5-1), 7th (6-1) and 8th (7-1) point. On the other side, the Japanese won a minibreak in the 4th (1-3) point.

Miomir won the tiebreak 7-1 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1

The Serbian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 0-40). Also, on the other side, Yoshihito was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 40-A).

They contested 68 points. Miomir conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Japanese (39-29). The Serbian surrendered 9 points on serve (25-9). On the other side, Nishioka conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

3rd Set -
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Kecmanovic conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Miomir improved his lead after breaking Yoshihito in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Kecmanovic won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.

Miomir converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, Kecmanovic didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 58 points. The Serbian won 10 points more than Nishioka (34-24). Miomir surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).

 

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