Yoshihito Nishioka shocks Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6(5) 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Thursday. Nishioka will clash against Holger Rune in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Yoshihito 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, Nishioka will add $ 23,225 to his earnings to get in total $ 49,820 in total.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:12
Yoshihito won this match even if he conquered less points than Felix (117 vs. 119).
Nishioka
The Japanese won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime
On the other side, Felix wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Nishioka and Auger-Aliassime is 4-4.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Holger Rune – stats
Nishioka will square off with Rune in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Holger Rune fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nishioka and Rune (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rune won 6-2 4-6 7-63 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne back in January 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Nishioka won the set after he broke Auger-Aliassime .
Nishioka was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Canadian was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 40-A) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40).
They played 97 points. It’s worth to point out that, Yoshihito won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Auger-Aliassime (48-49). Yoshihito surrendered 21 points on serve (35-21). Regarding the other side of the net, Felix conceded 13 points on serve (28-13).
Nishioka had a racing start in this set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the Canadian managed to stage a good comeback to break the Japanese in the 7th (4-3) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Felix failed to serve out the set when leading 6-3 to be broken at 30.
The Japanese was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
The Canadian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Yoshihito was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th game (1-2 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 58 points. Felix was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Japanese (32-26). Auger-Aliassime conceded 13 points on serve (18-13). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).
Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Japanese won the tiebreak at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Yoshihito won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (5-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Felix won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Auger-Aliassime was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nishioka won just 3 points more than Felix (41-38). Yoshihito lost 15 points on serve (33-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Auger-Aliassime conceded 8 points on serve (23-8).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
