Andrey Rublev and Yoshihito Nishioka will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Citi Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.29
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 3.74

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Yoshihito Nishioka

This will be the 3^rd time that Andrey Rublev and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Rublev and Nishioka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Rublev won 6-1 6-3 in the R in Atp cup back in 2021.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Atp cup 03-February-2021

Andrey Rublev

Ranked no. 8, Rublev reached the semifinal after beating Jack Draper 6-4 6-2, Maxime Cressy 6-4 7-6⁸ and Jeff Wolf 6-2 6-3.

In the quarter, Rublev had a good straight sets win against Wolf (6-2 6-3). During the match, Rublev scored 65 points vs Wolf’s 44. Rublev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rublev struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrey Rublev was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Wolf 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rublev hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Rublev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (363-201). 14-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rublev has an aggregate 137-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Marseille where he overcame Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in in Dubai where he overcame Jiri Vesely in the final 6-3 6-4 and in in Belgrade where he defeated Novak Djokovic in the final 6-2 6-7(4) 6-0.

Andrey has a compiled 35-11 win-loss record in 2022, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Yoshihito Nishioka

Ranked no. 96, Nishioka got to the semifinal after defeating Jenson Brooksby 6-4 6-3, Alex De Minaur 3-6 7-6⁶ 6-2, Karen Khachanov 7-6² 7-6¹ and Daniel Evans 7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5.

In the quarter, The Japanese defeated Evans (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5).During the match Nishioka scored less points (3) than Evans. In fact, the world no. 8 won 114 points vs Evans’s. That means that Nishioka was more focused during the important points. Yoshihito was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

About the serving games, Nishioka recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 70% of his first serves in, winning 63% (52/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Evans 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Nishioka’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.

Nishioka has an aggregate 32-17 win-loss record in 2022, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rublev	Nishioka
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	58	110
Pts	209-168	373-345
Total Points	377	718
Winners	79	144
%Winners	38%	39%

Rublev played 3 matches while Nishioka competed in 4 matches. At the moment, Yoshihito Nishioka dropped 2 sets while Andrey Rublev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rublev has played 4 set(s) less than Nishioka (6 vs 10). Therefore, Rublev played 52 games less than Nishioka. Rublev scored 79 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Yoshihito recorded 144 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rublev	Nishioka
Aces	26	9
Avg per match	8.7	2.3
1st in	96/172	226/359
%1st in	56%	63%
1st pts	79/96	144/226
%1st pts	82%	64%
2nd pts	47/76	77/133
%2nd pts	62%	58%

Rublev struck 26 aces (8.7 per match). Nishioka recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Rublev won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 64% 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	Rublev	Nishioka
Won	8	16
Converted	8/25	16/34
% Converted	32%	47%
Conceded	7	35
Saved	7	23
% Saved	100%	66%
Times Broken	0	12

The Russian broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Russian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 7 break points. Yoshihito broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nishioka conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.

Rublev
	R2 Draper	R3 Cressy	1/4 Wolf	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 7-68	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	23	17	58
pts	70-52	74-72	65-44	209-168
Total points	122	146	109	377
Winners	24	32	23	79
%Winners	34%	43%	35%	38%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	8	26
Double Faults	3	4	2	9
1st in	27/51	40/76	29/45	96/172
% 1st in	53%	53%	64%	56%
1st pts	24/27	32/40	23/29	79/96
% 1st pts	89%	80%	79%	82%
2nd pts	13/24	23/36	11/16	47/76
% 2nd pts	54%	64%	69%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	1	4	8
Converted	3/10	1/3	4/12	8/25
Converted %	30%	33%	33%	32%
Conceded	2	1	4	7
Saved	2/2	1/1	4/4	7
Saved %	100%	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0	0

Nishioka
	R1 Brooksby	R2 De Minaur	R3 Khachanov	1/4 Evans	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	3-6 7-66 6-2	7-62 7-61	7-65 4-6 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	19	30	26	35	110
pts	61-45	96-97	102-86	114-117	373-345
Total points	106	193	188	231	718
Winners	16	33	43	52	144
%Winners	26%	34%	42%	46%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	3	2	9
Double Faults	2	2	1	3	8
1st in	25/51	56/96	62/94	83/118	226/359
% 1st in	49%	58%	66%	70%	63%
1st pts	16/25	33/56	43/62	52/83	144/226
% 1st pts	64%	59%	69%	63%	64%
2nd pts	17/26	23/40	21/32	16/35	77/133
% 2nd pts	65%	58%	66%	46%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5	1	5	16
Converted	5/7	5/9	1/7	5/11	16/34
Converted %	71%	56%	14%	45%	47%
Conceded	6	11	4	14	35
Saved	4/6	7/11	3/4	9/14	23
Saved %	67%	64%	75%	64%	90%
Times Broken	2	4	1	5	12

Tennis Scores in Washington

• Andrey RublevRublev – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-7⁵ 7-6¹² 6-2) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (7-6⁵ 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Rohan Bopanna/Matwe MiddelkoopBopanna/Matwe Middelkoop – Juan-Sebastian Cabal/Robert FarahCabal/Robert Farah (7-6¹⁰ 4-6 12-10) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (7-6(5) 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-7(5) 7-6(12) 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction