Johan Nikles survives Leandro Riedi 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5 in the 1st round in Geneva on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle in what was an all-Swiss contest. Nikles will play against Tallon Griekspoor in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the qualifications in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Johan added to his prize money € 3,650 after winning this match. He has won already € 9,380 after this win. If he wins the next match, Johan will add € 6,780 to his earnings to get in total € 16,160 in total.
Highlights Johan Nikles vs. Leandro Riedi Gonet Geneva Open – Geneva
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:31
Nikles won this match even if he conquered the same amount of points of Leandro (118 vs. 118).
Nikles
Johan didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Riedi
On the other side, Leandro had some problems converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Nikles and Riedi is 1-0 for Johan.
Draw and next match H2H: Johan Nikles vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Nikles will compete against Griekspoor in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Riedi conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Riedi broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 12th game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 16-15.
Tiebreak
The only difference was a minibreak conquered by Riedi in the 30th point. On the other side, Johan won 2 minibreaks in the 15th (15-0) and 31st (16-15) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-15, 15-15, 16-15
They contested 62 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Leandro won just 2 points more than Johan (32-30). Leandro lost 11 points on serve (18-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Nikles conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Nikles got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Leandro Riedi in the 1st game (1-0). However, Nikles found the way to come back to break Riedi in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 3.
Riedi lost the 10th game (5-5) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
Tiebreak
Johan won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Leandro won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3) and 8th (3-5) point.
Johan won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Johan was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A). On the other side, Leandro converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 92 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Johan won just 2 points more than Leandro (47-45). Johan lost 20 points on serve (26-20). In addition, on the other side, Riedi conceded 21 points on serve (25-21).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nikles clinched in the 11th game (6-5) just before ultimately winning the set (7-5).
Nikles converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Johan didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 74 points. Nikles conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Leandro (39-35). Nikles surrendered 7 points on serve (24-7). On the other side, Riedi conceded 15 points on serve (28-15).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Johan NiklesNikles – Leandro RiediRiedi (5-7 7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-4 0-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – John MillmanMillman (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 5-7 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-73 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Alexander BublikBublik (6-1 6-74 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Joao SousaSousa – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Benoit PairePaire – Casper RuudRuud (0-4) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Johan NiklesNikles (0-0) – H2H details and stats
