Kei Nishikori and Felix Auger-Aliassime are going to clash today in the 3rd round of the Barcelona Open 2019 on Thursday at 11 am on the Pista Rafa Nadal.
Felix Auger-Aliassime
Auger-Aliassime fought off with Malek Jaziri 6-3 7-6 (7) to set up his clash with Kei Nishikori in the third round of the Barcelona Open. The outcome of the match will decide a berth in the quarter-finals of the tournament. Auger-Aliassime won already 1 match with a top-10 ranked player in his career (vs. Tsitsipas in Indian Wells), he has 8 wins and 4 losses on clay in 2019.
Felix recently stated that his dreams is becoming the world no.1: “I work every day for it. As a kid, it was a dream and now being No. 1 is my main goal, but you have to go step by step and for example, the first one is to crack the top ten in the next years.”
Kei Nishikori
Kei Nishikori won in straight sets against Taylor Fritz 7-5 6-2. Nishikori has played 20 matches in 2019 with 14-6 win-loss record. Nishikori is the 4th seeded player in the tournament and it is his second clay tournament in the year. The world no.7 lost his opening match against France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 7-5 6-4 in Monte Carlo Masters. Nishikori won the Barcelona Open in 2014 and 2015.
H2H Felix Auger-Aliassime vs.Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Nishikori and Auger-Aliassime since this is the first time that they will play each other.
According to bet365, Nishikori is the favorite to win the match. See quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded, but coming soon)
