Kei Nishikori shocks Jordan Thompson 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Holger Rune in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. The Japanese won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Nishikori's Record

Nishikori 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, Kei will add $ 47,690 to his earnings to get in total $ 97,510 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Jordan Thompson Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Thompson
6-2 6-3
1h:22
58
58
Total points
40
40
21
21
Winners
17
17
36%
36%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
5
5
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
56%
56%
66%
66%
1st won
63%
63%
21/32
21/32
1st won
17/27
17/27
72%
72%
2nd won
33%
33%
13/18
13/18
2nd won
7/21
7/21
-- Break Points --
5/7
5/7
Total
1/2
1/2
71%
71%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Nishikori scored 58 points vs. Thompson’s 40.

Nishikori

Nishikori was effective at converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7).

Thompson

On the other side, Thompson was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Thompson is 3-1 for Kei.

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

Nishikori will face Rune in the quarter.

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

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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NishikoriThompson
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0
0
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0
0

Nishikori in this set was too good for Jordan and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Thompson in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when the Japanese won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

Kei converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4th

game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Kei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. Nishikori was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Jordan (26-19). Nishikori was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the net, Thompson conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

2nd Set -
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0
0
0
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Nishikori won the set after he broke Jordan 3 times in the 3rd

(2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Kei kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Japanese converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Jordan converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 53 points. Kei was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Australian (32-21). The Japanese lost 13 points on serve (18-13). On the other side, the Australian conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).

1st
Nishikori
Thompson
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Nishikori
Thompson
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Tokyo

  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-4)
  • 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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