Yoshihito Nishioka aces Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Zhuhai on Sunday. Nishioka will face Aslan Karatsev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. The Japanese won this tournament once in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Yoshihito added to his prize money $ 21,540 after winning this match. He has already won $ 51,215 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $ 35,895 to his earnings to get in total $ 87,110.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Zhuhai Open – Zhuhai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Nishioka scored 70 points vs. Struff’s 51.
Nishioka
Nishioka served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (37/44) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (10/18) on his second serve. The Japanese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Struff
On the other side, Struff wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nishioka and Struff is 2-1 for Yoshihito.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Nishioka will come up against Karatsev in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Aslan Karatsev face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Japanese conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Nishioka converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the German wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They contested 62 points. Nishioka was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Struff (34-28). Yoshihito dropped 7 points on serve (23-7). In addition, on the other side, Jan-Lennard conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Nishioka won the set after he broke Struff in the 5th (3-2) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Struff tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. However, Yoshihito didn’t lose the lead to win the set 7-5.
The Japanese converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Struff converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 59 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the German (36-23). Yoshihito lost 8 points on serve (24-8). In addition, on the other side, Struff conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Tennis Scores in Zhuhai
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-65 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H details and stats
