Yoshihito Nishioka downs Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the semifinal in Atlanta on Saturday. Nishioka is going to play against Jordan Thompson in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the semifinal in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
Yoshihito added to his prize money $ 27,635 after winning this match. He has already won $ 67,070 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $ 47,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 114,970 in total.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Arthur Rinderknech Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 91 points vs. Rinderknech’s 88.
Nishioka
Nishioka didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Rinderknech
On the other side, the French player had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nishioka and Rinderknech is 1-0 for Yoshihito.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Nishioka will square off with Thompson in the final.
This will be the 7th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Jordan Thompson clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka had a great start in this set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Japanese to win the set since Arthur succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Nishioka maintained his focus to break Rinderknech in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
The Japanese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 15.
Nishioka converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-2 40-A).
They contested 60 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Rinderknech (34-26). The Japanese dropped 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the net, the French player conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Arthur clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Rinderknech was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Nishioka wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).
They played 68 points. Arthur was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Japanese (38-30). Rinderknech dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). In addition, on the other side, Nishioka conceded 17 points on serve (22-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Yoshihito conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Nishioka converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Nishioka didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Japanese won just 3 points more than Arthur (27-24). The Japanese was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Arthur conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 4-6 6-3)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 4-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-4) – H2H details and stats
