Yoshihito Nishioka, the tournament’s top seed, was defeated in Cagliari’s Challenger 175 competition. The Japanese didn’t live up to expectations and lost his debut match to Daniel Elahi Galan with a crushing defeat. He lost 2-6 6-1 6-4

The number 34 player in the ATP rankings right now was visibly tense and, starting in the game’s second half, he broke three rackets, the last one coming shortly after the opponent’s exploited match point.

Here is the video of the Japanese demolishing one of his three rackets.

Yoshihito Nishioka in 2023

Currently ranked no.

34, Nishioka played his last match on the 4^th of May when he was overcome by world no.100 Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros 2-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2^nd round of the Cagliari Challenger (draw).

This season Yoshihito has managed to achieve a composed 10-9 record. Yoshihito Nishioka’s most significant performance of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

He is also scheduled to play in Lyon (Open Parc) on the 21st of May and French Open (French Open) on the 28th of May.