Sebastian Korda and Kei Nishikori will face off in the 2nd round of the Noventi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.88
Sebastian Korda -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Korda
Ranked no. 52, Korda got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-3 7-60.
In the 1st round, Korda had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (6-3 7-60). During the match, Korda scored 80 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 68. The American was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Korda managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Korda lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 68% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Bautista-Agut 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Korda has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (137-89). 1-0 on grass in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Korda has an aggregate1-0 record in the last 6 years on grass.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Parma where he beat Marco Cecchinato in the final 6-2 6-4.
Korda has an overall 22-10 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Halle
Korda has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 57, Kei reached the 2nd round after defeating Richard Berankis 6-3 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nishikori defeated Berankis (6-3 2-6 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 73 points vs Berankis’s 69. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Nishikori broke Berankis 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Japanese has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Halle
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014 and 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Korda | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 25 |
| Pts | 80-68 | 73-69 |
| Total Points | 148 | 142 |
| Winners | 41 | 36 |
| %Winners | 51% | 49% |
Both Korda and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Kei Nishikori conceded 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t lost a set so far. Korda has played 1 set(s) less than Nishikori (2 vs 3). Therefore, Korda played 3 games less than Nishikori. Sebastian scored 41 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 36 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Korda | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 53/77 |
| %1st in | 68% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 36/53 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 54% |
Korda made 13 aces . Nishikori fired 4 aces . Korda won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Korda | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 78% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Sebastian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sebastian dropped his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Nishikori conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Korda | |||
| R1 Bautista-Agut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-68 | 80-68 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/84 | 57/84 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nishikori | |||
| R1 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 73-69 | 73-69 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/77 | 53/77 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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