Rinky Hijikata upsets Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. Hijikata will engage against Frances Tiafoe in the 4th round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Hijikata added to his prize money $ 93,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 284,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hijikata will add $ 171,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 455,000 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Zhizhen Zhang U.S. Open – New York
Hijikata’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
6-3
3h:10
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 134 points vs. Zhizhen’s 119.
Hijikata
The Australian blasted 13 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Rinky won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 37% (7/19) of the procured opportunities.
Zhang
On the other side, Zhizhen was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Zhang is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Hijikata will take on Tiafoe in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Frances Tiafoe since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Hijikata grabbed in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Hijikata converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Rinky didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Zhizhen (35-28). The Australian dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Zhizhen conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Hijikata won the set after he broke the Chinese in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Zhang was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Rinky converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 30-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Hijikata didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. Rinky was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the Chinese (32-27). Rinky dropped 7 points on serve (16-7). In addition, on the other side, Zhang conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Hijikata took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Zhizhen Zhang in the 1st game (1-0). However, there was more to do for the Chinese to win the set as the Australian succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Zhizhen maintained his focus to break Rinky in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Zhang was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Rinky was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-3 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 80 points. Zhizhen was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Hijikata (42-38). The Chinese dropped 22 points on serve (24-22). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 18 points on serve (16-18).
The Australian won the set after he broke the Chinese in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game. Zhizhen tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nevertheless, Hijikata didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
Hijikata was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Zhizhen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 51 points. Rinky was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Zhang (29-22). The Australian conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the court, Zhang conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
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