Kei Nishikori upsets Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Montreal on Thursday. Nishikori will play against Unknown Player in the 3rd round. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Japanese added to his prize money $ 42,405 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.
After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Tsitsipas is 3-1 for Kei.
Live score progression and stats
Nishikori won the set after he broke the Greek in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Stefanos tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Notwithstanding, the Japanese kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.
A crucial moment of this set was when the Japanese won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
The Japanese was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Greek converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-5 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 58 points. It’s worth to point out that, Kei won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Tsitsipas (28-30). The Japanese dropped 10 points on serve (18-10). On the other side, Stefanos conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nishikori grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Nishikori converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Stefanos (29-23). Kei lost 8 points on serve (20-8). on the other side of the court, Tsitsipas conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 1-6 6-2)
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