Yoshihito Nishioka surprises Casper Ruud 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the quarter in Seoul on Friday. The match lasted 1 hour and 55 minutes.
The Japanese added to his prize money $ 24,520 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 58,310 as of now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 40,875 to his earnings to get in total $ 99,185.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Casper Ruud Korea Open – Seoul
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:55
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 83 points vs. Casper’s 72.
Nishioka
The Japanese won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Ruud
On the other side, Casper was struggling when converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Ruud is 1-1.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Casper Ruud in the 1st game (1-0). Nishioka managed to boost his lead after breaking Ruud in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Nishioka converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Norwegian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 53 points. Nishioka was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Casper (33-20). Nishioka surrendered 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the court, Ruud conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Casper conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Casper was perfect in converting all his break points in the 5th game (3-2 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Yoshihito was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 52 points. Ruud was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Japanese (31-21). Casper lost 8 points on serve (23-8). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).
Yoshihito in this set was too good for Casper and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking the Norwegian in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Casper couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Yoshihito converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Casper was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 50 points. Nishioka was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Ruud (29-21). Yoshihito surrendered 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Casper conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
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