Kyrgios topples Majchrzak in the 2nd round of the Rakuten Japan Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Kyrgios prevails over Majchrzak to play Taylor Fritz in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Nick Kyrgios vs. Kamil Majchrzak

Nick Kyrgios victorious over Kamil Majchrzak 3-6 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Thursday. Kyrgios will have to play Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. Kyrgios won this tournament once in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kyrgios
Tokyo
Kyrgios's Record

Nick added to his prize money $ 24,955 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 53,520 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kyrgios will add $ 51,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 104,745 in total.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Kamil Majchrzak Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kyrgios
Majchrzak
Nick Kyrgios
3-6 6-2 6-2
1h:21
Kamil Majchrzak
81
81
Total points
63
63
36
36
Winners
40
40
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
63%
63%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
9
9
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
70%
70%
1st in
70%
70%
84%
84%
1st won
69%
69%
36/43
36/43
1st won
40/58
40/58
61%
61%
2nd won
36%
36%
11/18
11/18
2nd won
9/25
9/25
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/3
1/3
50%
50%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 81 points vs. the Pole’s 63.

Kyrgios

The Australian served extremely well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (11/18) on his second serve. Nick fired 22 aces without committing any double fault. Nick was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).

Majchrzak

On the other side, the Pole was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Majchrzak is 1-0 for Nick.

Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Kyrgios will face Fritz in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Nick Kyrgios and Taylor Fritz fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati back in August 2022.

Nick Kyrgios Draw info

The Australian was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 4 games in the last 2 sets after winning 57 points vs. Fritz’s 33 points.

Live score progression and stats

Kyrgios had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Kamil Majchrzak in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for Majchrzak to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

They contested 53 points. Majchrzak was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Kyrgios (30-23). The Pole surrendered 9 points on serve (23-9). On the losing side, Kyrgios conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).

The Australian in this set was in much better shape than Majchrzak and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Pole in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Kamil was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Nick converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Kamil wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 52 points. Nick was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Majchrzak (33-19). Kyrgios was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Kamil conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

Kyrgios didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kamil Majchrzak in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Australian managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Pole in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

The Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 39 points. Nick was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Pole (25-14). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Majchrzak conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

 

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