Rinky Hijikata defeats Kokkinakis in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Machac. HIGHLIGHTS – BRISBANE RESULTS

BRISBANE INTERNATIONAL - BRISBANE DRAW AND RESULTS. Hijikata aces Kokkinakis to compete against Tomas Machac in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

Rinky Hijikata beats Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6(8) 6-2 in the 1st round in Brisbane on Tuesday in what was an all-Australian contest. Hijikata will seek to keep on going in this event against Tomas Machac in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes.

Hijikata
Brisbane
Hijikata's Record

Hijikata added to his prize money $ 4,360 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rinky will add $ 7,700 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,700 in total.

Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata
Kokkinakis
Rinky Hijikata
7-68 6-2
1h:37
Thanasi Kokkinakis
69
69
Total points
60
60
33
33
Winners
36
36
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
60%
60%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
16
16
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
58%
58%
1st in
76%
76%
85%
85%
1st won
77%
77%
33/39
33/39
1st won
36/47
36/47
57%
57%
2nd won
40%
40%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
6/15
6/15
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
0/2
0/2
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 69 points vs. Thanasi’s 60.

Hijikata

Hijikata served extremely well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (16/28) on his second serve. Hijikata was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Kokkinakis

On the other side, Kokkinakis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Tomas Machac – stats

Hijikata will take on Machac in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata Draw info

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1st Set -
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HijikataKokkinakis
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0
0
K
0
0

Rinky won the set after he broke Thanasi .

Hijikata wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (1-0 30-40). On the other side, Rinky didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Hijikata won this set even if he scored less points 4 than Thanasi (43-47). Rinky dropped 9 points on serve (25-9). In addition, on the other side, Thanasi conceded 18 points on serve (38-18).

2nd Set -
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0
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Rinky in this set played at a much higher level than Thanasi and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Thanasi in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Thanasi was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Rinky converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Kokkinakis was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 39 points. Rinky won 11 points more than Thanasi (25-14). Hijikata surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). In addition, on the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).

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

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