Stefanos Tsitsipas ousts Kei Nishikori 6-3 3-6 6-1 in the 3rd round in Miami on Monday. Tsitsipas will play Lorenzo Sonego in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stefanos added to his prize money $ 14,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 40,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Stefanos will add $ 21,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,000 in total.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:56
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 87 points vs. Kei’s 65.
Tsitsipas
The Greek served exceptionally well to win 89% of the points (40/45) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The Greek struck 12 aces without committing any double fault. Stefanos won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Nishikori
On the other side, Kei was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Nishikori is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Tsitsipas will come up against Sonego in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Lorenzo Sonego since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Tsitsipas to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Stefanos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40). On the other side, Stefanos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. The Greek won 11 more points than Kei (28-17). Tsitsipas was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Nishikori conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Sonego started the set strong after breaking Tsitsipas in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for the Japanese to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Kei converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (0-2 40-A and 40-A).
They played 57 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Kei won just 1 point more than the Greek (29-28). Nishikori lost 14 points on serve (25-14). on the other side of the court, Stefanos conceded 4 points on serve (14-4).
Tsitsipas enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Sonego in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Stefanos managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Stefanos converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Tsitsipas didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Stefanos conquered the set after winning 12 points more than Nishikori (31-19). The Greek lost 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Nishikori conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
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