Rinky Hijikata conquers Abedallah Shelbayh 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Newport on Monday. Hijikata will play Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Hijikata added to his prize money $ 4,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,280 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 8,145 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,425 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Abedallah Shelbayh Infosys Hall of Fame Open – Newport
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:28
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 65 points vs. the ‘s 54.
Hijikata
Hijikata served extremely well to win 83% of the points (25/30) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (14/24) on his second serve. Rinky won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Shelbayh
On the other side, Shelbayh wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Shelbayh is 1-0 for Rinky.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats
Hijikata will fight against Mannarino in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Adrian Mannarino since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Hijikata won the set after he broke the in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Hijikata failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 0.
The Australian converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Rinky didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Rinky won 10 more points than the (35-25). Hijikata lost 7 points on serve (21-7). On the losing side, Shelbayh conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Hijikata conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 40-A). On the other side, Shelbayh wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 40-A).
They played 59 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally the Australian won barely 1 point more than Shelbayh (30-29). Hijikata lost 8 points on serve (18-8). In addition, on the other side, the conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (7-67 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-0 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Max PurcellPurcell – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yunseong ChungChung – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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