Rinky Hijikata beats Borna Coric 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in Salem Open on Wednesday. Hijikata will engage against David Goffin in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Hijikata added to his prize money $ 8,735 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,375 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rinky will add $ 14,905 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,280 in total.
Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. Borna Coric Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 104 points vs. the Croatian’s 95.
Hijikata
Rinky was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Coric
On the other side, Borna was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Coric is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. David Goffin – stats
Hijikata will play Goffin in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Hijikata was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Borna Coric in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key for the Croatian to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
The Croatian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 40-A). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 59 points. The Croatian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Hijikata (32-27). The Croatian surrendered 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Hijikata snatched in the 4th
game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Coric wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They played 57 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Croatian (31-26). Rinky surrendered 7 points on serve (19-7). In addition, on the other side, Borna conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).
Rinky conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 8th (3-5) game, Hijikata broke back in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Coric couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-5 to 7-5.
Hijikata was spot on in converting all his break points in the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Coric converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. The Australian conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Croatian (46-37). Rinky dropped 17 points on serve (30-17). On the losing side, Coric conceded 16 points on serve (20-16).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-3 7-5)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Learner TienTien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3)
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-68)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juncheng ShangShang (w/o)
Upcoming matches
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H details and stats