Kei Nishikori surprises Alex Michelsen 3-6 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Montreal on Tuesday. Nishikori will square off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Japanese added to his prize money $ 21,865 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nishikori will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.
Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Alex Michelsen National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nishikori scored 105 points vs. Alex’s 104.
Nishikori
Kei won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Michelsen
On the other side, Michelsen didn’t lose the focus when converting 75% of the break points that he procured points (3/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Michelsen is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Nishikori will fight against Tsitsipas in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Kei Nishikori and Stefanos Tsitsipas play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nishikori and Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Alex conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Alex broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Kei had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Michelsen was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Japanese was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1
15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 40-A).They played 68 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alex won just 2 points more than Kei (35-33). Michelsen dropped 15 points on serve (21-15). On the losing side, Nishikori conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
The Japanese won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Nishikori broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Nishikori failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Japanese converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 6th (2-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th
game (6-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 0-40).They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Japanese won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Michelsen (46-47). Kei conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 23 points on serve (33-23).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Japanese conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Japanese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Nishikori didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Nishikori conquered the set after winning 4 points more than Alex (26-22). Nishikori was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
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