Daniil Medvedev and Yoshihito Nishioka will face off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on ESTADIO. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.159
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 5.95

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniil Medvedev and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Medvedev won 4-6 7-6(1) 6-2 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in 2018.

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), the Russian reached the quarter after beating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-4 and Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-1 6-2). During the match, Medvedev scored 55 points vs Andujar’s 29. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Medvedev fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniil Medvedev was quite effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniil broke Andujar 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Medvedev hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Medvedev has a superlative win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (390-163). 11-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Medvedev has an overall 166-56 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final at the Australian Open .

The Russian has an overall 11-2 win-loss record in 2022, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 103, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 1-6 6-3 6-4, Peter Gojowczyk 6-3 6-2, Feliciano Lopez 2-6 6-0 6-4 and Taylor Harry Fritz 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Fritz, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Nishioka scored 82 points vs Fritz’s 76. Nishioka was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Nishioka managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Yoshihito Nishioka was very effective on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Fritz 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Nishioka’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.

Nishioka has a composed 16-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Medvedev	Nishioka
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	11
Tot Games	34	94
Pts	135-90	305-270
Total Points	225	575
Winners	50	131
%Winners	37%	43%

Medvedev played 2 matches while Nishioka competed in 4 matches. Nishioka started his run from the qualifications while Medvedev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka conceded 3 sets while Daniil Medvedev hasn’t conceded a set so far. Medvedev has played 7 set(s) less than Nishioka (4 vs 11). Therefore, Medvedev played 60 games less than Nishioka. The Russian scored 50 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito recorded 131 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Medvedev	Nishioka
Aces	10	3
Avg per match	5	0.8
1st in	62/110	199/289
%1st in	56%	69%
1st pts	50/62	131/199
%1st pts	81%	66%
2nd pts	25/48	52/90
%2nd pts	52%	58%

Medvedev made 10 aces (5 per match). Nishioka blasted 3 aces (0.8 per match). Medvedev won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Medvedev	Nishioka
Won	8	17
Converted	8/15	17/36
% Converted	53%	47%
Conceded	5	25
Saved	4	15
% Saved	80%	60%
Times Broken	1	10

Medvedev broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Daniil lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Medvedev
	R1 Paire	R2 Andujar	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	15	34
pts	80-61	55-29	135-90
Total points	141	84	225
Winners	28	22	50
%Winners	35%	40%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	7	10
Double Faults	9	2	11
1st in	37/64	25/46	62/110
% 1st in	58%	54%	56%
1st pts	28/37	22/25	50/62
% 1st pts	76%	88%	81%
2nd pts	13/27	12/21	25/48
% 2nd pts	48%	57%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/9	4/6	8/15
Converted %	44%	67%	53%
Conceded	4	1	5
Saved	3/4	1/1	4
Saved %	75%	100%	88%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Nishioka
	Q1 Stebe	Q3 Gojowczyk	R1 Lopez	R2 Fritz	Total
Score	1-6 6-3 6-4	6-3 6-2	2-6 6-0 6-4	3-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	11
Tot Games	26	17	24	27	94
pts	83-89	55-36	85-69	82-76	305-270
Total points	172	91	154	158	575
Winners	32	26	29	44	131
%Winners	39%	47%	34%	54%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	2	3
Double Faults	3	0	2	0	5
1st in	59/87	32/46	50/70	58/86	199/289
% 1st in	68%	70%	71%	67%	69%
1st pts	32/59	26/32	29/50	44/58	131/199
% 1st pts	54%	81%	58%	76%	66%
2nd pts	16/28	8/14	13/20	15/28	52/90
% 2nd pts	57%	57%	65%	54%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	6	3	17
Converted	4/9	4/7	6/15	3/5	17/36
Converted %	44%	57%	40%	60%	47%
Conceded	13	1	5	6	25
Saved	9/13	0/1	1/5	5/6	15
Saved %	69%	0%	20%	83%	86%
Times Broken	4	1	4	1	10

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