Rinky Hijikata aces Gijs Brouwer 6-7(5) 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Monday. Hijikata will seek to keep on going in this event against Marc-Andrea Huesler in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes.
Hijikata added to his prize money € 4,600 after winning this match. He has already won € 11,825 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add € 8,535 to his earnings to get in total € 20,360 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Gijs Brouwer Libema Open – ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 115 points vs. Brouwer’s 96.
Hijikata
The Australian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Brouwer
On the other side, Gijs wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Hijikata and Brouwer is 2-0 for Rinky.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler – stats
Hijikata will fight against Huesler in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Marc-Andrea Huesler since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Dutch won the set after he broke Hijikata .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Hijikata wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They contested 84 points. It’s worth to point out that, Gijs won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Hijikata (40-44). Brouwer surrendered 10 points on serve (25-10). In addition, on the other side, Rinky conceded 15 points on serve (34-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Hijikata clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
The Australian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). On the other side, Rinky didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 71 points. Rinky was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Dutch (40-31). Rinky dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). On the other side, Brouwer conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).
Rinky in this set played at a much higher level than Gijs and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Brouwer in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Australian won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Hijikata was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Dutch was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Hijikata was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than the Dutch (32-24). The Australian surrendered 18 points on serve (23-18). on the other side of the court, Brouwer conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-75 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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- Milos RaonicRaonic – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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