Rafael Nadal defeats Rinky Hijikata 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday. Nadal will clash against Fabio Fognini in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes. Rafael won this tournament 4 times in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

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The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 41,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 121,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 67,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 188,000 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Rinky Hijikata U.S. Open – New York

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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Hijikata
4-6 6-2 6-3
6-3
3h:08
119
119
Total points
95
95
44
44
Winners
46
46
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
22
22
Unforced
33
33
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
18/26
18/26
Net Approaches
20/32
20/32
69%
69%
Perc
63%
63%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
57%
57%
1st in
61%
61%
77%
77%
1st won
66%
66%
44/57
44/57
1st won
46/70
46/70
65%
65%
2nd won
48%
48%
28/43
28/43
2nd won
21/44
21/44
196
196
Fastest serve
201
201
183
183
AVG 1st Serve
175
175
157
157
AVG 2nd Serve
141
141
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
1/4
1/4
50%
50%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Nadal scored 119 points vs. the Australian’s 95.

Nadal

The Spaniard served very well to win 77% of the points (44/57) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (28/43) on his second serve. The Spaniard didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).

Hijikata

On the other side, the Australian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Hijikata is 1-0 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Fabio Fognini – stats

Nadal will play Fognini in the 2nd round.

This will be the 18th time that Rafael Nadal and Fabio Fognini clash against each other. The head to head is 13-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 7-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Nadal won 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2014.

Live score progression and stats

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rinky conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 55 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Australian won only 1 point more than the Spaniard (28-27). The Australian lost 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Rafael conceded 8 points on serve (18-8).

Nadal had a great start in this set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nadal extended his lead after breaking Hijikata in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

Rafael was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 41 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Australian (26-15). Rafael was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the net, Rinky conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Nadal clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Nadal converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 48 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Hijikata (28-20). Nadal conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

Nadal won the set after he broke Rinky in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Nadal converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Hijikata was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 70 points. Nadal was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Hijikata (38-32). Nadal lost 10 points on serve (18-10). In addition, on the other side, Rinky conceded 20 points on serve (22-20).

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