Holger Rune beats Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Saturday. Rune will face off with Kei Nishikori in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 7 minutes.

Tokyo
Rune's Record

Rune added to his prize money $ 23,225 after winning this match. He has already won $ 49,820 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dane will add $ 47,690 to his earnings to get in total $ 97,510 in total.

Highlights Holger Rune vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Rune
Nishioka
6-2 6-4
1h:07
60
60
Total points
35
35
30
30
Winners
17
17
50%
50%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
79%
79%
1st in
63%
63%
88%
88%
1st won
52%
52%
30/34
30/34
1st won
17/33
17/33
44%
44%
2nd won
47%
47%
4/9
4/9
2nd won
9/19
9/19
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
Total
1/1
1/1
50%
50%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Rune scored 60 points vs. the Japanese’s 35.

Rune

The Dane served pretty well to win 88% of the points (30/34) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 44% points (4/9) on his second serve. Holger blasted 11 aces and he committed 1 double fault. The Dane was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).

Nishioka

On the other side, Yoshihito was remarkable in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rune and Nishioka is 2-1 for Holger.

Draw and next match H2H: Holger Rune vs. Kei Nishikori – stats

Rune will come up against Nishikori in the quarter.

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Kei Nishikori since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Rune HTML
RuneNishioka
HTML
R
0
0
N
0
0

Holger in this set was much more effective than the Japanese and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Nishioka in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

One of the most important stints of the set was when Rune won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

The Dane converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th

game (5-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Holger didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 50 points. Rune won 12 more points than Yoshihito (31-19). Rune was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (16-2). In addition, on the other side, Yoshihito conceded 15 points on serve (17-15).

2nd Set -
Rune Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Holger won the set after he broke Nishioka in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Nishioka tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Holger kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.

Holger was on the money in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Nishioka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th

game (3-4 30-40).

They contested 45 points. Holger conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Nishioka (29-16). Rune dropped 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, Nishioka conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

1st
Rune
Nishioka
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Rune
Nishioka
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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  • Tomas MachacMachac – Tommy PaulPaul (2-6 6-3 7-64)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-3)
  • Holger RuneRune – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-4)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-75 ret.)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-3)
  • Jack DraperDraper – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-4)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2)

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