Kei Nishikori stuns Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Montreal on Thursday. Nishikori will fight against Nuno Borges in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Montreal
Nishikori's Record

Kei added to his prize money $ 42,405 after winning this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas National Bank Open – Montreal

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Tsitsipas
6-4 6-4
1h:18
57
57
Total points
53
53
27
27
Winners
29
29
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
9
9
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
61%
61%
1st in
72%
72%
79%
79%
1st won
74%
74%
27/34
27/34
1st won
29/39
29/39
50%
50%
2nd won
40%
40%
11/22
11/22
2nd won
6/15
6/15
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
1/3
1/3
75%
75%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 57 points vs. Tsitsipas’s 53.

Nishikori

Nishikori served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (27/34) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (11/22) on his second serve. Kei was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).

Tsitsipas

On the other side, the Greek was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Tsitsipas is 2-1 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Nuno Borges – stats

Nishikori will take on Borges in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Kei Nishikori and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nishikori 6-4
NishikoriTsitsipas
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
NishikoriTsitsipas
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
NishikoriTsitsipas
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Kei won the set after he broke Tsitsipas in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. Tsitsipas tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Yet, Kei refused to give way to conquer the set 6-4.

Certainly, a key moment was when Kei won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Japanese was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Greek converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th (2-5 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 58 points. It’s worth to point out that, Nishikori won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Greek (28-30). The Japanese lost 10 points on serve (18-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Stefanos conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).

2nd Set -
Nishikori 6-4
NishikoriTsitsipas
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
5
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
NishikoriTsitsipas
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
NishikoriTsitsipas
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
NishikoriTsitsipas
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NishikoriTsitsipas
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Japanese conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally conquering the set (6-4

).

Nishikori converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Nishikori didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 52 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Stefanos (29-23). Nishikori conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). on the other side of the court, Stefanos conceded 9 points on serve (15-9).

1st
Nishikori
Tsitsipas
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Nishikori
Tsitsipas
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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