TOKYO. Lucas Pouille conquers Hurkacz in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open

Lucas Pouille victorious over Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in Tokyo on Monday. Pouille will have to play Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that the French Player conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

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 the French Player conquered in the 8^th game (5-3) before winning the set (6-3).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Lucas scored 65 points vs. the Pole’s 54 points.

Lucas served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (13/24) on his second serve. The French Player won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 25% (2/8). On the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Pouille and Hurkacz is 1-2 for Hubert.

Next Match: Lucas Pouille vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats

Pouille will face Nishioka in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 2^nd time that Lucas Pouille and Yoshihito Nishioka 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 fought 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

• Taro DanielDaniel – Borna CoricCoric (6-4 4-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gilles SimonSimon – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Go SoedaSoeda – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – 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
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – See H2H details
• John MillmanMillman – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – See H2H details
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-2) – 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
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – See H2H details
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details