Nishioka conquers Popyrin in the quarter of the Adelaide International 1. HIGHLIGHTS – ADELAIDE RESULTS

Yoshihito Nishioka overcomes Alexei Popyrin 7-6(4) 6-7(8) 6-2 in the quarter in Adelaide on Friday. Nishioka will play against Sebastian Korda in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1^st round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Adelaide

Nishioka's Record

Yoshihito added to his prize money $ 13,975 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 32,150 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $ 22,885 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,035.

Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alexei Popyrin Adelaide International 1 – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishioka

Popyrin

7-6⁴ 6-7⁸ 6-2
2h:46

111

111

Total points

98

98

57

57

Winners

56

56

51%

51%

Ratio Winners

57%

57%

-- Serve --

2

2

Aces

27

27

1

1

Double Faults

4

4

71%

71%

1st in

66%

66%

76%

76%

1st won

82%

82%

57/75

57/75

1st won

56/68

56/68

61%

61%

2nd won

34%

34%

19/31

19/31

2nd won

12/35

12/35

-- Break Points --

4/10

4/10

Total

2/4

2/4

40%

40%

Won

50%

50%

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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 111 points vs. the Australian’s 98.

Nishioka

The Japanese served very well to win 76% of the points (57/75) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (19/31) on his second serve. The Japanese won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, the Australian was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Popyrin is 1-0 for Yoshihito.

Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Sebastian Korda – stats

Nishioka will face Korda in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Sebastian Korda play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Nishioka conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4^th (1-3) game, Yoshihito broke back in the 7^th (3-4) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

Nishioka won 2 minibreaks in the 5^th (3-2) and 11^th (7-4) point.

The Japanese won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

Yoshihito was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7^th game (2-4 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4^th game (2-1 15-40).

They played 77 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Nishioka won barely 1 point more than Alexei (39-38). Yoshihito surrendered 13 points on serve (29-13). on the other side of the court, Popyrin conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).

Alexei won the set after he broke Yoshihito in the 3^rd (2-1) game. Nishioka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. However, the Australian managed to stay calm and finish the job to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 8.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 7 minibreaks in the 8^th (3-5), 9^th (4-5), 12^th (6-6), 13^th (7-6), 16^th (8-8), 17^th (9-8) and 18^th (10-8) point. On the other side, Yoshihito won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 3^rd (2-1), 6^th (4-2) and 14^th (7-7) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8

Popyrin was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 40-A) and the 4^th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). Alexei saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Yoshihito was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6^th (2-3 30-40), the 9^th (4-5 15-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Australian won just 2 more points than Nishioka (46-44). Alexei lost 13 points on serve (29-13). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 17 points on serve (31-17).

Yoshihito in this set didn’t concede much to the Australian and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Popyrin in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The Japanese converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7^th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Yoshihito didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 42 points. Yoshihito was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Popyrin (28-14). Nishioka was unchallenged on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (16-1). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

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• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-6⁴ 6-7⁸ 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (8-4) – H2H details and stats
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-0) – H2H details and stats