Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.85
Kei Nishikori -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 5th time that Karen Khachanov and Kei Nishikori square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Khachanov and Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Nishikori won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Vienna back in 2018.
Karen Khachanov
Ranked no. 23, Karen will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Norrie in the 2nd round on the 20th of April.
Khachanov has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne.
Talking about his overall career, Karen has an overall 293-196 record. He has a positive 75-52 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 43, Nishikori will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 6-0 2-6 6-2 to Nadal in the 3rd round on the 22nd of April.
The Japanese has a 8-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kei has an overall 542-251 record. He has a positive 130-57 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Alexander BublikBublik – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (2-2) – H2H and prediction
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