Alexander Bublik and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 2nd round of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kei Nishikori is the pick to win this match.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.65
Alexander Bublik -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Kei Nishikori
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Bublik
Ranked no. 39, Bublik will start his run in Washington after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-4 7-6(8) to Medvedev in the 1st round on the 24th of July.
Bublik has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Antalya and Singapore.
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 256-170 record. He has a positive 112-69 record on hard.
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 67, Kei got to the 2nd round after defeating Sam Querrey 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kei had a good straight sets win against Querrey (6-4 6-3). During the match Nishikori scored 71 points vs Querrey’s 57. Nishikori was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Nishikori fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kei Nishikori was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kei broke Querrey 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kei has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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