Jannik Sinner gets the better of Nishioka at the 3rd round to set up a battle vs Musetti. HIGHLIGHTS – BARCELONA RESULTS

Jannik Sinner downs Yoshihito Nishioka 6-1 4-6 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Barcelona on Thursday. Sinner will play Lorenzo Musetti in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 8 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Jannik added to his prize money € 32,655 after conquering this match. He has already won € 69,020 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add € 63,170 to his earnings to get in total € 132,190 in total.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

At the end of the match, the Italian scored 93 points vs. Yoshihito’s 73.

Sinner

Jannik served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (24/32) behind his first serve. However he won only 46% points (19/41) on his second serve. Sinner was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (8/16).

Nishioka

On the other side, the Japanese was effective when converting 56% of the break points that he procured points (5/9). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Sinner and Nishioka is 1-0 for Jannik.

Draw and next match H2H: Jannik Sinner vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats

Sinner will take on Musetti in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Sinner won 6-2 6-2 in the quarter in Monte carlo back in April 2023.

Live score progression and stats

Sinner commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Sinner managed to boost his lead after breaking Yoshihito in the 6^th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Nishioka couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.

The Italian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 6^th (4-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (6-0 30-40). On the other side, Sinner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. Sinner was the one to win the set after conquering 14 more points than the Japanese (28-14). Jannik was absolutely perfect on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).

Sinner conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2^nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Nishioka to win the set since Sinner succeeded in breaking back in the 3^rd

(1-2), in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (4-3) game. The Japanese kept his cool to break Jannik in the 4^th (3-1), in the 8^th (4-4) and in the 10^th (6-4) game.

Yoshihito failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.

Sinner capitulated the 4^th game (3-1) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. The Italian had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Nishioka was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4^th (2-1 40-A), the 8^th

(3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Italian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 6^th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 72 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Jannik (38-34). The Japanese lost 21 points on serve (19-21). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 19 points on serve (13-19).

Jannik won the set after he broke the Japanese 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Nishioka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Jannik refused to give way to win the set 6-3.

The Italian converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 15-40), the 7^th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9^th game (5-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Japanese converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 6^th game (2-3 0-40).

They played 52 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Yoshihito (31-21). Jannik surrendered 10 points on serve (14-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

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