Cameron Norrie and Kei Nishikori will square off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on JOHN HARRIS 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 Cameron Norrie who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cameron Norrie is the pick to win this match.
Cameron Norrie -> 1.72
Kei Nishikori -> 2.10

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Prediction and head to head Cameron Norrie vs. Kei Nishikori

This will be the 2nd time that Cameron Norrie and Kei Nishikori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Nishikori won 6-4 6-4 6-0 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.

Cameron Norrie

Ranked no. 29 (career-high), Norrie reached the 3rd round after defeating Marcos Giron 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Cameron had a good straight sets win against Giron (6-4 6-3). During the match, Norrie scored 68 points vs Giron’s 49. Cameron was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Norrie blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cameron Norrie lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Norrie put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Norrie broke Giron 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Norrie has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (249-148). 15-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Norrie has an aggregate165-72 record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Los Cabos where he defeated Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-2 6-2.

Cameron has a composed 41-15 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Norrie has never competed in this tournament before.

Washington
Norrie's Record

Kei Nishikori

Ranked no. 67, the Japanese reached the 3rd round after defeating Sam Querrey 6-4 6-3 and Alexander Bublik 6-2 7-5.

In the 2nd round, Kei had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-2 7-5). During the match Nishikori scored 92 points vs Bublik’s 75. Nishikori was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishikori struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 61% of his first serves in, winning 57% (24/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the 2nd serve. Kei broke Bublik 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kei started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kei has an overall 20-14 win-loss record in 2021, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Washington
Nishikori's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Norrie
K.Nishikori
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
!
3h:01
3h:01
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
19
19
Games Played​
39
39
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
68
68
Total points​
163
163
68
68
Avg point​
81.5
81.5
25
25
Winners
59
59
25
25
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
37%
37%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
4
4
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
25/36
25/36
1st won total​
59/88
59/88
69%
69%
1st won %
67%
67%
10/17
10/17
2nd won total​
29/44
29/44
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
8/25
8/25
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
4/12.5
4/12.5
38%
38%
Won
32%
32%
7
7
Conceded
13
13
7
7
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Norrie Nishikori
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 19 39
Pts 68-49 163-132
Total Points 117 295
Winners 25 59
%Winners 37% 36%

Norrie played 1 match while Nishikori competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Norrie has played 2 set(s) less than Nishikori (2 vs 4). Therefore, Norrie played 20 games less than Nishikori. Cameron scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Nishikori struck 59 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve Norrie Nishikori
Aces 4 5
Avg per match 4 2.5
1st in 36/53 88/132
%1st in 68% 67%
1st pts 25/36 59/88
%1st pts 69% 67%
2nd pts 10/17 29/44
%2nd pts 59% 66%

Norrie managed to score 4 aces . Nishikori bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Norrie won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Nishikori won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Norrie Nishikori
Won 5 8
Converted 5/13 8/25
% Converted 38% 32%
Conceded 7 13
Saved 4 11
% Saved 57% 85%
Times Broken 3 2

Cameron broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Nishikori broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Kei conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Norrie
R2
Giron		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 68-49 68-49
Total points 117 117
Winners 25 25
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 36/53 36/53
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 25/36 25/36
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 10/17 10/17
% 2nd pts 59% 59%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3
Nishikori
R1
Querrey		 R2
Bublik		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 6-2 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 20 39
pts 71-57 92-75 163-132
Total points 128 167 295
Winners 35 24 59
%Winners 49% 26% 36%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 5
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 46/63 42/69 88/132
% 1st in 73% 61% 67%
1st pts 35/46 24/42 59/88
% 1st pts 76% 57% 67%
2nd pts 10/17 19/27 29/44
% 2nd pts 59% 70% 66%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/6 5/19 8/25
Converted % 50% 26% 32%
Conceded 5 8 13
Saved 5/5 6/8 11
Saved % 100% 75% 175%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Washington

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