Rinky Hijikata wins against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-6(1) 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Monday. Hijikata will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Hijikata added to his prize money $ 40,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rinky will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 215,000 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 143 points vs. Alejandro’s 135.
Hijikata
Rinky was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (8/16).
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, Alejandro wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 44% – 7/16). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0 for Rinky.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Hijikata will play Dimitrov in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Hijikata started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Hijikata refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Alejandro in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 1.
Tiebreak
The Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
Hijikata was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-2 0-40). On the other side, the Spaniard converted 12% of his break points (1/8). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 40-A), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 92 points. Hijikata was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Davidovich Fokina (49-43). Rinky conceded 21 points on serve (36-21). In addition, on the other side, Alejandro conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).
Davidovich Fokina won the set after he broke Hijikata 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Yet, Davidovich Fokina didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 6-3.
Alejandro was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, Hijikata was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 53 points. Davidovich Fokina was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Hijikata (31-22). Alejandro dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the court, Rinky conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Hijikata commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Australian to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 8th (4-4) game. The Australian maintained his cool to break the Spaniard in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Rinky converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-4 0-40).
They contested 63 points. The Australian won 5 points more than Davidovich Fokina (34-29). Rinky dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). on the other side of the net, Alejandro conceded 18 points on serve (22-18).
Hijikata had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Rinky refused to bow to come back to break the Spaniard 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Davidovich Fokina lost the 5th game (2-3) when he was comfortably leading 40-0. Davidovich Fokina was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Rinky converted 50% of his break points (4/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-2 30-40), the 2nd (1-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (2-1 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 70 points. Rinky was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Spaniard (38-32). Rinky conceded 12 points on serve (12-12). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 26 points on serve (20-26).
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