ZHUHAI. Superb Ramos crushes Nishioka in the 1st round of the Zhuhai Open

Albert Ramos-Vinolas exterminates Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in Zhuhai on Monday after playing a solid match to come up against Miomir Kecmanovic in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Spaniard in this set was too good for the Japanese and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking Nishioka in the 5^th (3-2) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

The Japanese was unable to find the solution in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-2 to 6-2).

2^nd set.

Ramos had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Nishioka in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Spaniard reinforced his lead after breaking Yoshihito in the 3^rd (3-0) and in the 7^th (6-1) game before winning the set.

A crucial moment of the match was when Albert won 4 consecutive games in the 2^nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 65 points vs. Nishioka’s 40 points.

Ramos served very well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (7/12) on his second serve. Ramos was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8). On the other side, Yoshihito wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

Next Match: Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Miomir Kecmanovic – stats

Ramos will take on Kecmanovic in the 2^nd round.

There is no head to head record between Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Miomir Kecmanovic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Zhuhai

• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Steve JohnsonJohnson (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Di WuWu – Tatsuma ItoIto (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Ze ZhangZhang (7-6⁶ 7-5) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Pablo AndujarAndujar – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Andy MurrayMurray (1-0) – See H2H details
• Di WuWu – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – See H2H details
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (1-4) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Andreas SeppiSeppi (3-1) – See H2H details
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – See H2H details
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – See H2H details
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – See H2H details