John Isner prevails over Hijikata in the 1st round to play vs Tsitsipas. HIGHLIGHTS – LOS CABOS RESULTS

ABIERTO DE TENIS MIFEL - LOS CABOS DRAW AND RESULTS. Isner defeats Hijikata to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Rinky Hijikata

John Isner prevails over Rinky Hijikata 6-2 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Los Cabos on Monday. Isner will have to play Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Isner
Los Cabos
Isner's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 5,815 after winning this match. He has already won $ 14,960 after this win. If he wins the next match, John will add $ 10,805 to his earnings to get in total $ 25,765 in total.

Highlights John Isner vs. Rinky Hijikata Abierto de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Isner
Hijikata
John Isner
6-2 7-64
1h:54
Rinky Hijikata
80
80
Total points
63
63
34
34
Winners
29
29
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
6
6
70%
70%
1st in
58%
58%
76%
76%
1st won
63%
63%
34/45
34/45
1st won
29/46
29/46
58%
58%
2nd won
45%
45%
11/19
11/19
2nd won
15/33
15/33
-- Break Points --
3/12
3/12
Total
1/7
1/7
25%
25%
Won
14%
14%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 80 points vs. Rinky’s 63.

Isner

John served pretty well to win 76% of the points (34/45) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (11/19) on his second serve. The American blasted 19 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The American won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (3/12) of the procured opportunities.

Hijikata

On the other side, Rinky was not so effective in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Isner and Hijikata is 1-0 for John.

Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats

Isner will square off with Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.

This will be the 8th time that John Isner and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tsitsipas won 7-63 6-3 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2019.

John Isner Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Isner 6-2
IsnerHijikata
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
IsnerHijikata
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
IsnerHijikata
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
IsnerHijikata
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
IsnerHijikata
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
IsnerHijikata
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
IsnerHijikata
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
IsnerHijikata
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
IsnerHijikata
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40

Isner in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Rinky and without many problems he won 6-2 after breaking Hijikata in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

The Australian was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-2 to 6-2.

John converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Rinky was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 65 points. Isner won 11 points more than the Australian (38-27). The American dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

2nd Set -
Isner 7-6
IsnerHijikata
7
6
H
0
1
I
0
2
I
0
3
H
1
3
H
2
3
I
3
3
I
4
3
H
4
4
H
5
4
I
6
4
I
7
4
IsnerHijikata
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
IsnerHijikata
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
IsnerHijikata
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
IsnerHijikata
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
IsnerHijikata
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
IsnerHijikata
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
IsnerHijikata
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
IsnerHijikata
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
IsnerHijikata
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
IsnerHijikata
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
IsnerHijikata
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Isner started the set strong after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0). That break resulted decisive for Hijikata to win the set (7-6) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Tiebreak

Isner won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Hijikata won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

John was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 78 points. The American won 6 points more than the Australian (42-36). Isner surrendered 9 points on serve (26-9). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 16 points on serve (27-16).

1st
Isner
Hijikata
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Isner
Hijikata
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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