Kei Nishikori bests Guido Pella 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Monday. Nishikori will face Christian Garin in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. Kei won this tournament twice in 2014 and 2015. Here you can see his history at this event.

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The Japanese added to his prize money € 6,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 14,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nishikori will add € 10,200 to his earnings to get in total € 24,900 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Guido Pella Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Pella
4-6 7-64 6-2
2h:39
117
117
Total points
104
104
37
37
Winners
45
45
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
60%
60%
1st in
68%
68%
55%
55%
1st won
60%
60%
37/67
37/67
1st won
45/75
45/75
64%
64%
2nd won
37%
37%
28/44
28/44
2nd won
13/35
13/35
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
4/16
4/16
38%
38%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 117 points vs. Pella’s 104.

Nishikori

Nishikori won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Pella

On the other side, the Argentine was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 4/16). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Nishikori and Pella is 1-0 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Christian Garin – stats

Nishikori will come up against Garin in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Kei Nishikori and Christian Garin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Pella snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Guido converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 69 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Pella won just 3 more points than the Japanese (36-33). Guido surrendered 12 points on serve (23-12). In addition, on the other side, Nishikori conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).

The Japanese won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Kei broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-4.

Tiebreak

The Japanese won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Argentine won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (4-5) point.

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

They played 95 points. Nishikori was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Pella (53-42). The Japanese dropped 19 points on serve (26-19). On the losing side, the Argentine conceded 27 points on serve (23-27).

Nishikori had a favorable start in this set after breaking Garin in the 1st

game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Nishikori to win the set as the Argentine succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (2-4) game. Kei maintained his cool to break the Argentine in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Certainly, a key moment was when Nishikori won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Japanese converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40), the 5th

(4-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Guido converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 0-40 and 15-40).

They contested 57 points. Nishikori was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Guido (33-24). Kei conceded 14 points on serve (18-14). On the losing side, Guido conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).

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