Alexander Zverev and Kei Nishikori will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.41
Kei Nishikori -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 4th time that Alexander Zverev and Kei Nishikori face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but Nishikori leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Zverev won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the quarter in Washington back in 2018.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 6, Zverev will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 to Ivashka in the quarter on the 30th of April.
Alexander has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Acapulco where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 7-6(3).
Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 329-179 record. He has a positive 116-59 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 43, Nishikori got to the 2nd round after defeating Karen Khachanov 6-76 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Khachanov, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 96 points vs Khachanov’s 85. Kei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Khachanov 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Nishikori has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – John IsnerIsner (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Daniel EvansEvans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction