Hubert Hurkacz and Kei Nishikori will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on ROGERS 5G GRANDSTAND. 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.
Kei Nishikori -> 1.89
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Kei Nishikori
This will be the 3rd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Kei Nishikori play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hurkacz won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 3rd round in Indian wells back in 2019.
Hubert Hurkacz
Ranked no. 13, the Pole will start his run in Montreal after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-5 3-6 6-3 to Broady in the 2nd round on the 27th of July.
Hurkacz has a compiled 21-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Delray Beach where he overcame Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Miami where he beat Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Pole has an overall 251-159 record. He has a positive 120-55 record on hard.
Previously in Montreal
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Kei Nishikori
Ranked no. 55, Nishikori reached the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-75 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nishikori defeated Kecmanovic (6-4 6-75 6-2). During the match Nishikori scored 96 points vs Kecmanovic’s 85. Nishikori was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Nishikori fired 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Kei Nishikori lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nishikori put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kecmanovic 5 times.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Washington.
Kei has a composed 23-15 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- John IsnerIsner – Christian GarinGarin (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – John MillmanMillman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Benoit PairePaire (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-5) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Rafael NadalNadal (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction