Matteo Arnaldi aces Kei Nishikori 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in Montreal on Saturday. Arnaldi is going to play against Andrey Rublev in the semifinal. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Montreal
Arnaldi's Record

Matteo added to his prize money $ 142,455 after winning this match. He has already won $ 313,395 up to now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Italian will add $ 259,695 to his earnings to get in total $ 573,090.

Highlights Matteo Arnaldi vs. Kei Nishikori National Bank Open – Montreal

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Arnaldi
Nishikori
6-4 7-5
2h:00
76
76
Total points
73
73
26
26
Winners
30
30
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
1
1
48%
48%
1st in
68%
68%
74%
74%
1st won
58%
58%
26/35
26/35
1st won
30/52
30/52
45%
45%
2nd won
54%
54%
17/38
17/38
2nd won
13/24
13/24
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/6
2/6
44%
44%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Arnaldi scored 76 points vs. Nishikori’s 73.

Arnaldi

Matteo won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, the Japanese was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Arnaldi and Nishikori is 1-0 for Matteo.

Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Arnaldi vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Arnaldi will square off with Rublev in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Arnaldi and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Arnaldi and Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Arnaldi won 7-66 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Roland garros back in May 2024.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Arnaldi 6-4
ArnaldiNishikori
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiNishikori
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ArnaldiNishikori
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiNishikori
2
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiNishikori
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiNishikori
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
ArnaldiNishikori
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Matteo won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Matteo broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4

.

Arnaldi failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.

Matteo converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kei converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 75 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Kei (40-35

). Arnaldi conceded 16 points on serve (25-16). on the other side of the net, Nishikori conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
2nd Set -
Arnaldi 7-5
ArnaldiNishikori
7
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiNishikori
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiNishikori
5
5
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
ArnaldiNishikori
5
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ArnaldiNishikori
4
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
ArnaldiNishikori
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
ArnaldiNishikori
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
ArnaldiNishikori
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
ArnaldiNishikori
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
ArnaldiNishikori
2
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Arnaldi conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for the Italian to win the set as the Japanese managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Italian maintained his focus to break the Japanese in the 12th (7-5) game.

Arnaldi converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Nishikori converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40) and the 5th game (1-3 0-40).

They contested 74 points. It’s worth to point out that, Arnaldi won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the Japanese (36-38). Arnaldi lost 14 points on serve (18-14). On the other side, Nishikori conceded 18 points on serve (24-18).

1st
Arnaldi
Nishikori
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Arnaldi
Nishikori
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0

Tennis Scores in Montreal

  • Andrey RublevRublev – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-3 1-6 6-2)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 7-5)

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