Determined Rinky Hijikata survives Machac in the 2nd round to collide vs Dimitrov. HIGHLIGHTS – BRISBANE RESULTS

Rinky Hijikata outlasts Tomas Machac 5-7 6-2 7-6(4) in the 2^nd round in Brisbane on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Hijikata is going to play against Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 minutes.

Brisbane

Hijikata's Record

Hijikata added to his prize money $ 7,700 after winning this match. He has already won $ 18,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rinky will add $ 14,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 32,800 in total.

Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Tomas Machac Brisbane International – Brisbane

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata

Machac

5-7 6-2 7-6⁴
2h:28

99

99

Total points

94

94

44

44

Winners

45

45

44%

44%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

-- Serve --

11

11

Aces

6

6

4

4

Double Faults

2

2

62%

62%

1st in

69%

69%

69%

69%

1st won

74%

74%

44/64

44/64

1st won

45/61

45/61

58%

58%

2nd won

43%

43%

23/40

23/40

2nd won

12/28

12/28

-- Break Points --

4/5

4/5

Total

3/13

3/13

80%

80%

Won

23%

23%

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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 99 points vs. the Czech’s 94.

Hijikata

Hijikata fired 11 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Rinky was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).

Machac

On the other side, Machac had a tough time converting his break points (only 23% – 3/13). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Hijikata will come up against Dimitrov in the quarter.

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

Live score progression and stats

Tomas clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 7^th (3-4) game, The Czech broke back in the 10^th (5-5) and in the 12^th game to win the set 7-5.

Tomas failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.

Hijikata was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-5 to 7-5.

Machac was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4^th (2-1 30-40), the 9^th (4-5 15-40) and the 12^th game (6-5 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Rinky was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7^th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 68 points. The Czech was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Rinky (41-27). Machac dropped 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).

Rinky in this set didn’t concede much to Machac and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the Czech in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

Machac was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.

The Australian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3^rd (1-1 0-40), the 6^th (4-2 0-40) and the 9^th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, the Czech was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1^st game (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 45 points. Hijikata won 19 more points than the Czech (32-13). The Australian lost 7 points on serve (18-7). on the other side of the court, Tomas conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).

Hijikata started the set in the best possible way after breaking Tomas Machac in the 2^nd game (2-0). the Czech to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1) and 11^th (7-4) point. On the other side, Tomas won a minibreak in the 3^rd (1-2) point.

Hijikata won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Czech converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4^th (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 80 points. This set was so close that, Hijikata won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Hijikata dropped 15 points on serve (30-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Machac conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).

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