David Goffin brushes past Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Salem Open on Thursday after playing a great match to come up against Lorenzo Sonego in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 3 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the quarter in 2012 and 2014. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
David added to his prize money $ 14,905 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,280 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, the Belgian will add $ 26,155 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,435.
Highlights David Goffin vs. Rinky Hijikata Winston-Salem Open – Winston-Salem
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:03
At the end of the match, the Belgian scored 58 points vs. the Australian’s 33.
Goffin
David served very well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind his first serve, and he won 82% points (14/17) on his second serve. The Belgian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Hijikata
On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Goffin and Hijikata is 1-0 for David.
Draw and next match H2H: David Goffin vs. Lorenzo Sonego – stats
Goffin will compete against Sonego in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that David Goffin and Lorenzo Sonego play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Goffin and Sonego (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Sonego won 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Carlo back in April 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Goffin enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 1st game (1-0). Goffin managed to boost his lead after breaking Rinky in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Goffin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 0.
Rinky was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Belgian converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 40-A).
They played 49 points. Goffin conquered the set after winning 17 more points than Rinky (33-16). Goffin surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, Hijikata conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
Goffin had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was enough for David to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
David converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Goffin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Goffin was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Rinky (25-17). David was untouchable on serve to drop barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). On the losing side, Rinky conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- David GoffinGoffin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-3)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-5)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 6-76 7-65)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
