TOKYO. Nishioka dispatches Sousa in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Yoshihito Nishioka downs Joao Sousa 7-5 6-3 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Monday. Nishioka will seek to keep on going in this event against Lucas Pouille in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nishioka won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 9^th (4-5) game, Nishioka broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th (7-5) game before winning the set 7-5.

2^nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Yoshihito conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Yoshihito scored 69 points vs. Joao’s 55 points.

Yoshihito won this match even if he had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9). On the other side, Joao wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Sousa is 2-0 for Yoshihito.

Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Joao Sousa Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Next Match: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Lucas Pouille – stats

Nishioka will play Pouille in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Lucas Pouille fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pouille (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Pouille won 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 1^st round in Brisbane back in 2016.

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Lucas PouillePouille – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Hyeon ChungChung – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

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• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
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• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – See H2H details
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – See H2H details
• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – See H2H details
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – See H2H details
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Lucas PouillePouille (0-1) – See H2H details
• Hyeon ChungChung – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (2-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details