Rinky Hijikata upsets Christopher Eubanks 7-6(4) 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Houston on Monday. Hijikata will play Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 50 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the qualifications in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Rinky added to his prize money $ 4,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hijikata will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Christopher Eubanks US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:50
At the end of the match, Rinky scored 80 points vs. the American’s 73.
Hijikata
Hijikata served very well to win 79% of the points (41/52) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (15/25) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Eubanks
On the other side, the American was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Hijikata and Eubanks is 2-0 for Rinky.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats
Hijikata will play Nakashima in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Hijikata won the set after he broke the American .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Hijikata didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 80 points. Hijikata won 4 more points than the American (42-38). The Australian lost 14 points on serve (34-14). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 8 points on serve (24-8).
Rinky clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Hijikata broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-2.
Tiebreak
Rinky won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 73 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Hijikata won only 1 point more than Eubanks (37-36). The Australian lost 11 points on serve (23-11). on the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 14 points on serve (25-14).
Tennis Scores in Houston
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- Zizou BergsBergs – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 7-62) – Stats and score progression
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