Kei Nishikori conquers Cilic in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Thompson. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Nishikori prevails over Cilic to play Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Kei Nishikori vs. Marin Cilic

Kei Nishikori ousts Marin Cilic 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Thursday. Nishikori will face off with Jordan Thompson in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. The Japanese won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nishikori
Tokyo
Nishikori's Record

The Japanese added to his prize money $ 12,410 after winning this match. He has already won $ 26,595 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 23,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,820 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Marin Cilic Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Cilic
Kei Nishikori
6-4 3-6 6-3
2h:04
Marin Cilic
78
78
Total points
79
79
43
43
Winners
35
35
55%
55%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
70%
70%
1st in
57%
57%
75%
75%
1st won
81%
81%
43/57
43/57
1st won
35/43
35/43
42%
42%
2nd won
48%
48%
10/24
10/24
2nd won
16/33
16/33
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
2/4
2/4
43%
43%
Won
50%
50%
See Full Stats

Kei won this match even if he scored less points than the Croatian (78 vs. 79).

Nishikori

Kei served very well to win 75% of the points (43/57) behind his first serve. However he won only 42% points (10/24) on his second serve. The Japanese won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Cilic

On the other side, Cilic didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Cilic is 10-6 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Nishikori will play Thompson in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Kei Nishikori and Jordan Thompson fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

Kei Nishikori Draw info

1st
Nishikori
Cilic
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Nishikori
Cilic
3-6
3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Nishikori
Cilic
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-5 6-3)
  • Jack DraperDraper – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-2)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-2)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – Casper RuudRuud (7-65 6-1)
  • Holger RuneRune – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 5-7 6-4)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 6-1 6-4)
  • Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-65 3-6 7-65)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 3-6 6-3)
  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-65)
  • Tomas MachacMachac – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-75 7-5)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 3-6 6-3)
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (4-6 6-1 6-2)
  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4)
  • Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-75 6-4)
  • Mariano NavoneNavone – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-4)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbert – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2)

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