Kei Nishikori topples Bedene in the 2nd round of the Miami Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MIAMI RESULTS

MIAMI OPEN - MIAMI DRAW AND RESULTS. Nishikori gets by Bedene to take on Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Aljaz Bedene

Kei Nishikori bests Aljaz Bedene 7-6(6) 5-7 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami on Saturday. Nishikori will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nishikori
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Nishikori's Record

The Japanese added to his prize money $ 10,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 26,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 14,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 40,000 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Aljaz Bedene Miami Open – Miami

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Bedene
Kei Nishikori
7-66 5-7 6-4
2h:50
Aljaz Bedene
113
113
Total points
104
104
49
49
Winners
56
56
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
11
11
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
66%
66%
1st in
63%
63%
73%
73%
1st won
77%
77%
49/67
49/67
1st won
56/73
56/73
53%
53%
2nd won
33%
33%
18/34
18/34
2nd won
14/43
14/43
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
4/6
4/6
67%
67%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 113 points vs. Bedene’s 104.

Nishikori

Kei was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

Bedene

On the other side, the Slovenian was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (4/6). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Nishikori and Bedene is 2-0 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Nishikori will take on Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Kei Nishikori and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Kei Nishikori Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Tsitsipas conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Nishikori in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Kei managed to stage a great comeback to break Aljaz in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 12th (6-6) game before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

Nishikori won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 7th (4-3) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Bedene won a minibreak in the 12th (6-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Nishikori was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40). On the other side, Aljaz converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).

They played 81 points. Kei was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Slovenian (43-38). Nishikori surrendered 16 points on serve (27-16). on the other side of the net, Aljaz conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

The Slovenian won the set after he broke the Japanese in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Nishikori tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Bedene stayed solid to win the set 7-5.

Bedene converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Nishikori converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Aljaz won just 3 points more than the Japanese (40-37). Bedene lost 17 points on serve (26-17). On the other side, Kei conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Japanese conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Japanese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 58 points. Kei was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Bedene (33-25). The Japanese lost 5 points on serve (20-5). On the other side, the Slovenian conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).

 

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