Marcos Giron and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 2nd round of the Olympics for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on Centre Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kei Nishikori who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.42
Marcos Giron -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marcos Giron
Ranked no. 65, Marcos got to the 2nd round after beating Norbert Gombos 7-64 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Gombos (7-64 3-6 6-2). During the match, Giron scored 94 points vs Gombos’s 81. Giron was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giron bagged 8 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Marcos Giron was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Gombos 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Giron has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (272-169). 4-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giron has an overall 203-113 match record in the last years on hard.
Giron has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Olympics
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 69, Nishikori got to the 2nd round after beating Andrey Rublev 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nishikori had a good straight sets win against Rublev (6-3 6-4). During the match Nishikori scored 62 points vs Rublev’s 48. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kei Nishikori was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kei broke Rublev 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kei has a compiled 16-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giron | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 19 |
| Pts | 94-81 | 62-48 |
| Total Points | 175 | 110 |
| Winners | 36 | 28 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Giron and Nishikori played 1 match. At the moment, Marcos Giron conceded 1 set while Kei Nishikori hasn’t lost a set so far. Giron has played 1 set more than Nishikori (3 vs 2). Therefore, Giron played 11 games more than Nishikori. Marcos scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori bagged 28 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giron | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 44/88 | 39/60 |
| %1st in | 50% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 15/21 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 71% |
Giron recorded 8 aces . Nishikori scored 2 aces . Giron won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giron | Nishikori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 25% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 25% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Marcos broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Giron dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Kei broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kei conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giron | |||
| R1 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 94-81 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/88 | 44/88 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nishikori | |||
| R1 Rublev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 62-48 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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