Yoshihito Nishioka stuns Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2) 6-2 in the quarter in Atlanta on Friday. Nishioka will square off with Arthur Rinderknech in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Yoshihito added to his prize money $ 16,585 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 39,435 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, Yoshihito will add $ 27,635 to his earnings to get in total $ 67,070.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Frances Tiafoe Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yoshihito scored 70 points vs. the American’s 53.
Nishioka
Yoshihito served very well to win 85% of the points (33/39) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. Nishioka won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (2/6) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Tiafoe is 2-3 for Frances.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Arthur Rinderknech – stats
Nishioka will play Rinderknech in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Yoshihito Nishioka and Arthur Rinderknech since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka won the set after he broke Frances .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the American wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 40-A).
They contested 84 points. Nishioka won 10 more points than Frances (47-37). Yoshihito dropped 12 points on serve (37-12
). on the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 10 points on serve (25-10).Nishioka started the set in the best possible way after breaking Frances Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Japanese extended his lead after breaking the American in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The Japanese converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Yoshihito didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. The Japanese won 7 points more than Frances (23-16). The Japanese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the other side, Tiafoe conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 3-6 6-1)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Max PurcellPurcell (7-63 6-4)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-62 6-2)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-65 4-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats