Grigor Dimitrov and Yoshihito Nishioka will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5 pm on Grand Stand Arena. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.54
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 2nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 22, Grigor reached the 2nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Mager (7-5 6-1). During the match Dimitrov scored 64 points vs Mager’s 44. Grigor was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Dimitrov made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was quite effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitrov broke Mager 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (336-209). 1-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has a 74-49 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Grigor’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in Acapulco.
Dimitrov has a 10-7 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Grigor lost in the 1st round to Jan-Lennard Struff.
Yoshihito Nishioka
Ranked no. 50, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-4 6-1). During the match Nishioka scored 69 points vs Kecmanovic’s 52. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishioka struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 71% of his first serves in, winning 59% (20/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Kecmanovic 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Yoshihito’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Delray Beach.
The Japanese has a 12-8 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Nishioka lost in the 1st round to Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
| Pts | 64-44 | 69-52 |
| Total Points | 108 | 121 |
| Winners | 22 | 20 |
| %Winners | 34% | 29% |
Both Dimitrov and Nishioka played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dimitrov and Nishioka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dimitrov played 2 games more than Nishioka. Grigor scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito fired 20 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/57 | 34/48 |
| %1st in | 47% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 20/34 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 12/14 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 86% |
Dimitrov made 3 aces . Nishioka struck 4 aces . Dimitrov won 81% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 86% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 42% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Dimitrov broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Yoshihito broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R1 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/57 | 27/57 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- John MillmanMillman – Joao SousaSousa (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Henri Kontinen/Jan-Lennard StruffKontinen/Jan-Lennard Struff – Kevin Krawietz/Andreas MiesKrawietz/Andreas Mies (5-7 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Guido PellaPella (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Kyle EdmundEdmund (3-6 7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-0 7-62) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Daniel EvansEvans (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alexander BublikBublik (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gianluca MagerMager (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Christian GarinGarin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Kyle EdmundEdmund (3-6 7-6(7) 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-0 7-6(2)) – See score progression
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- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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