Rinky Hijikata shocks Matteo Arnaldi 7-6(0) 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in London on Wednesday. Hijikata will face off with Sebastian Korda in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes.

London
Hijikata's Record

Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Matteo Arnaldi cinch Championships – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata
Arnaldi
7-60 7-67
2h:06
97
97
Total points
83
83
41
41
Winners
33
33
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
63%
63%
1st in
56%
56%
72%
72%
1st won
66%
66%
41/57
41/57
1st won
33/50
33/50
55%
55%
2nd won
48%
48%
18/33
18/33
2nd won
19/40
19/40
-- Break Points --
2/9
2/9
Total
2/5
2/5
22%
22%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 97 points vs. Matteo’s 83.

Hijikata

Hijikata won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 22% (2/9) of the procured opportunities.

Arnaldi

On the other side, Matteo was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Arnaldi is 2-0 for Rinky.

Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Sebastian Korda – stats

Hijikata will play Korda in the quarter.

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

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Hijikata 7-6
HijikataArnaldi
7
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
0
6
0
HijikataArnaldi
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
HijikataArnaldi
5
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
HijikataArnaldi
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
HijikataArnaldi
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
HijikataArnaldi
4
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
HijikataArnaldi
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
HijikataArnaldi
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
HijikataArnaldi
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40

The Australian won the set after he broke the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. Matteo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, the Australian kept the situation under control to win the set 7-6.

Rinky failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

Rinky wasted a good opportunity to break the Italian in the 11th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

An important stage of this set was when Hijikata won 4 consecutive games in the 1st

set to convert the game count from 1-2 to 5-2. However also Matteo won 4 consecutive games from 2-5 to 6-5

Rinky converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Italian was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8th (2-5 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).

They contested 86 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Matteo (49-37). The Australian conceded 18 points on serve (32-18). On the losing side, Arnaldi conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).

2nd Set -
Hijikata 7-6
HijikataArnaldi
7
6
H
1
0
A
2
0
A
2
1
H
3
1
H
3
2
A
4
2
A
4
3
H
5
3
H
6
3
A
6
4
A
6
5
H
6
6
H
6
7
A
7
7
A
8
7
H
9
7
HijikataArnaldi
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
HijikataArnaldi
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
HijikataArnaldi
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
HijikataArnaldi
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
HijikataArnaldi
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
HijikataArnaldi
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
HijikataArnaldi
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
HijikataArnaldi
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
HijikataArnaldi
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
HijikataArnaldi
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Hijikata won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 6th (4-2), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Matteo won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 12th (6-6) and 13th (7-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7

The Australian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 40-A and 40-A). The Australian saved 1 set point when he was trailing 6-7. Moreover, on the other side, Arnaldi was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 94 points. This set was so close that, Hijikata won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Rinky lost 14 points on serve (28-14). On the other side, Arnaldi conceded 19 points on serve (33-19).

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

Tennis Scores in London

  • Taylor FritzFritz – Milos RaonicRaonic (7-65 6-4)
  • Rinky HijikataHijikata – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-60 7-67)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – Andy MurrayMurray (4-1 ret.)
  • Sebastian KordaKorda – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 3-6 7-5)

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