Sebastian Korda gets the better of Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in Romagna Open on Thursday. Korda will square off with Tommy Paul in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
The American added to his prize money € 8,010 after winning this match. He has won already € 24,030 up to now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add € 9,730 to his earnings to get in total € 33,760.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 66 points vs. Nishioka’s 47.
Korda
The American won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Nishioka
On the other side, the Japanese was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Korda and Nishioka is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Korda will come up against Paul in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Korda and Tommy Paul square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Korda won 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Delray beach back in January 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Korda had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Paul in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Korda to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Sebastian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 57 points. Sebastian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Nishioka (33-24). Sebastian conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Korda got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Paul in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Sebastian to win the set since Yoshihito found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. Korda kept his focus to break Yoshihito in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Nishioka was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
They played 56 points. Sebastian was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than Yoshihito (35-21). The American lost 8 points on serve (16-8). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).
Tennis Scores in Parma
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H details and stats