Holger Rune prevails over Nishikori in the quarter at the Japan Open Tennis Championships – TOKYO RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Rune bests Nishikori to square off with Unknown Player in the semifinal

Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Kei Nishikori

Holger Rune overcomes Kei Nishikori 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Tokyo on Sunday. Rune is going to play against Arthur Fils in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes.

Rune
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Rune's Record

Rune added to his prize money $ 47,690 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 97,510 until now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Dane will add $ 85,440 to his earnings to get in total $ 182,950.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Kei Nishikori Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Nishikori
94
94
Total points
88
88
45
45
Winners
44
44
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
69%
69%
1st in
70%
70%
71%
71%
1st won
69%
69%
45/63
45/63
1st won
44/64
44/64
57%
57%
2nd won
52%
52%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
14/27
14/27
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/8
2/8
44%
44%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Rune scored 94 points vs. Nishikori’s 88.

Rune

The Dane won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, the Japanese was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25%2/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Rune and Nishikori is 1-0 for Holger.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Arthur Fils – stats

Rune will play Fils in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Holger Rune and Arthur Fils play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Rune and Fils (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Fils won 6-4 4-1 ret. in the quarter in Hamburg back in July 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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RuneNishikori
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0
0
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Rune had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Kei to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Nishikori was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 8th (5-2 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 62 points. Kei was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Rune (35-27). The Japanese lost 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Rune conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).

2nd Set -
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The Dane in this set was in much better shape than Kei and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Nishikori in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Dane failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.

Nishikori was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Holger converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Dane didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 47 points. Holger conquered the set after winning 13 more points than the Japanese (30-17). The Dane was astonishing on serve to drop just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).

3rd Set -
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Rune won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Dane broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

Kei was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.

They contested 73 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Rune won barely 1 point more than Nishikori (37-36). The Dane lost 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the net, Kei conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

1st
Rune
Nishikori
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Rune
Nishikori
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Rune
Nishikori
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

  • Arthur FilsFilsBen SheltonShelton (7-5 6-75 7-62)
  • Holger RuneRuneKei NishikoriNishikori (3-6 6-2 7-5)
  • Tomas MachacMachacAlex MichelsenMichelsen (7-62 6-3)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbertJack DraperDraper (7-5 2-1 ret.)

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