Yoshihito Nishioka defeats Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Atlanta on Thursday. Nishioka will fight against Frances Tiafoe in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nishioka added to his prize money $ 9,580 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 22,850 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $ 16,585 to his earnings to get in total $ 39,435 in total.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:27
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 69 points vs. Mcdonald’s 58.
Nishioka
Yoshihito won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mcdonald was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Mcdonald is 6-2 for Yoshihito.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Frances Tiafoe – stats
Nishioka will face Tiafoe in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Frances Tiafoe fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Yoshihito snatched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
Mackenzie was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Nishioka converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nishioka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 67 points. Nishioka conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the American (36-31). Yoshihito dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Mcdonald conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Yoshihito won the set after he broke Mcdonald in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Mcdonald tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Notwithstanding, Yoshihito didn’t blink to conquer the set 6-4.
Yoshihito converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Mcdonald was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).
They played 60 points. Yoshihito was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the American (33-27). Nishioka conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Mackenzie conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-5 7-5)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (7-66 6-4)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 7-5)
- Max PurcellPurcell – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-3)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adam WaltonWalton (7-64 6-3)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 4-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
