Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.165
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 5.45

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

There is no head to head record between Casper Ruud and Yoshihito Nishioka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 22 (career high), the Norwegian reached the 2nd round after defeating Felix Auger Aliassime 6-1 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-1 6-4). During the match Ruud scored 70 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 50. The Norwegian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ruud recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Casper Ruud was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Auger-Aliassime 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Ruud has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (227-141). 8-3 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruud has a 148-80 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Norwegian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Carlo and Munich.

Casper has a 13-5 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.

Madrid
Ruud's Record

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 60, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-4 and Filip Krajinovic 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 6-4). During the match Nishioka scored 68 points vs Krajinovic’s 46. Yoshihito was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishioka struck 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yoshihito Nishioka was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishioka broke Krajinovic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Yoshihito has a 4-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Madrid
Nishioka's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Ruud
Y.Nishioka
1h:31
1h:31
Time on court​
!
4h:43
4h:43
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
61
61
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
70
70
Total points​
214
214
70
70
Avg point​
71.3
71.3
32
32
Winners
90
90
32
32
Avg Winners​
30
30
46%
46%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
7
7
5
5
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
32/41
32/41
1st won total​
90/134
90/134
!
78%
78%
1st won %
67%
67%
6/11
6/11
2nd won total​
30/60
30/60
55%
55%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
12/28
12/28
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
4/9.3
4/9.3
33%
33%
Won
43%
43%
0
0
Conceded
23
23
0
0
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
0
0
Broken
8
8
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
0
0
Saved
15
15
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ruud Nishioka
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 17 38
Pts 70-50 140-107
Total Points 120 247
Winners 32 65
%Winners 46% 46%

Ruud played 1 match while Nishioka competed in 2 matches. Nishioka started his run from the qualifications while Ruud had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Ruud has played 2 set(s) less than Nishioka (2 vs 4). Therefore, Ruud played 21 games less than Nishioka. Ruud scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito fired 65 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ruud Nishioka
Aces 5 7
Avg per match 5 3.5
1st in 41/52 82/114
%1st in 79% 72%
1st pts 32/41 65/82
%1st pts 78% 79%
2nd pts 6/11 19/32
%2nd pts 55% 59%

Ruud recorded 5 aces . Nishioka recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Ruud won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ruud Nishioka
Won 3 6
Converted 3/9 6/11
% Converted 33% 55%
Conceded 0 6
Saved 0 5
% Saved NAN% 83%
Times Broken 0 1

Casper broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Casper had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nishioka conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Ruud
R1
Auger-Aliassime		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 70-50 70-50
Total points 120 120
Winners 32 32
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/52 41/52
% 1st in 79% 79%
1st pts 32/41 32/41
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 6/11 6/11
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Nishioka
Q1
Cuevas		 Q3
Giron		 R1
Krajinovic		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-74 6-4 ret. 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 23 18 61
pts 72-61 – 68-46 140-107
Total points 133 0 114 247
Winners 35 30 65
%Winners 49% NAN% 44% 46%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 2 7
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 48/67 / 34/47 82/114
% 1st in 72% – 72% 72%
1st pts 35/48 / 30/34 65/82
% 1st pts 73% – 88% 79%
2nd pts 10/19 / 9/13 19/32
% 2nd pts 53% – 69% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/4 / 3/7 6/11
Converted % 75% – 43% 55%
Conceded 5 1 6
Saved 4/5 0/ 1/1 5
Saved % 80% – 100% 180%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores in Madrid

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