Rinky Hijikata shocks Arnaldi in the 2nd round to battle vs Fritz at the Delray Beach Open. HIGHLIGHTS – DELRAY BEACH RESULTS

DELRAY BEACH OPEN - DELRAY BEACH DRAW AND RESULTS. Hijikata shocks Arnaldi to square off with Taylor Fritz in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rinky Hijikata vs. Matteo Arnaldi

Rinky Hijikata stuns Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Delray Beach on Wednesday. Hijikata will square off with Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Hijikata
Delray Beach
Hijikata's Record

Hijikata added to his prize money $ 8,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hijikata will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.

Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Matteo Arnaldi Delray Beach Open – Delray Beach

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata
Arnaldi
Rinky Hijikata
6-2 3-6 6-4
2h:31
Matteo Arnaldi
103
103
Total points
95
95
43
43
Winners
39
39
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
14
14
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
65%
65%
1st in
53%
53%
66%
66%
1st won
75%
75%
43/65
43/65
1st won
39/52
39/52
57%
57%
2nd won
41%
41%
20/35
20/35
2nd won
19/46
19/46
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
Total
1/9
1/9
30%
30%
Won
11%
11%
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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 103 points vs. Matteo’s 95.

Hijikata

Hijikata won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.

Arnaldi

On the other side, Matteo was battling in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Hijikata will face Fritz in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Taylor Fritz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Rinky Hijikata Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Hijikata 6-2
HijikataArnaldi
6
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
HijikataArnaldi
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
HijikataArnaldi
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
HijikataArnaldi
3
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
1
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

The Australian in this set was much more effective than Arnaldi and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Arnaldi in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Matteo was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Rinky converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (6-1 30-40). On the other side, Arnaldi was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 64 points. Hijikata was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Matteo (37-27). Rinky dropped 11 points on serve (22-11). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

2nd Set -
Arnaldi 6-3
ArnaldiHijikata
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiHijikata
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ArnaldiHijikata
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiHijikata
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ArnaldiHijikata
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiHijikata
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ArnaldiHijikata
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
ArnaldiHijikata
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ArnaldiHijikata
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Arnaldi snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Rinky was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Arnaldi was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Arnaldi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 59 points. Arnaldi won 5 more points than Rinky (32-27). Arnaldi surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Hijikata conceded 16 points on serve (22-16).

3rd Set -
Hijikata 6-4
HijikataArnaldi
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
HijikataArnaldi
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
HijikataArnaldi
2
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

The Australian converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 75 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Hijikata won just 3 more points than Arnaldi (39-36). Rinky lost 10 points on serve (19-10). On the other side, Arnaldi conceded 20 points on serve (26-20).

1st
Hijikata
Arnaldi
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Hijikata
Arnaldi
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Hijikata
Arnaldi
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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