Marin Cilic shocks Yoshihito Nishioka 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in Hangzhou on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Yasutaka Uchiyama in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Cilic added to his prize money $ 12,685 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 30,245 after this win. If he wins the next match, Cilic will add $ 21,950 to his earnings to get in total $ 52,195 in total.
Highlights Marin Cilic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Marin scored 55 points vs. Yoshihito’s 36.
Cilic
The Croatian served pretty well to win 93% of the points (26/28) behind his first serve. However he won only 47% points (8/17) on his second serve. The Croatian fired 15 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Cilic didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Nishioka
On the other side, Yoshihito was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Cilic and Nishioka is 2-0 for Marin.
Draw and next match H2H: Marin Cilic vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama – stats
Cilic will take on Uchiyama in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Marin Cilic and Yasutaka Uchiyama fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cilic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Cilic won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Cilic conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Cilic broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to conquer the set 6-4.
Marin failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Nishioka was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4
to 6-4.The Croatian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Yoshihito was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 61 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Yoshihito (35-26). Cilic dropped 8 points on serve (22-8). On the other side, Yoshihito conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Cilic had a great start in this set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Croatian extended his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when the Croatian won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Marin was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, the Croatian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 30 points. The Croatian won 10 points more than Yoshihito (20-10). Cilic was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Holger RuneRune (7-5 6-4)
- Marin CilicCilic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-1)
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (w/o)
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-67 4-6 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-77 7-64 6-1)
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 7-63)
Upcoming matches
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats