Stefanos Tsitsipas hustles Kei Nishikori 7-6(6) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Shanghai on Friday. Tsitsipas will square off with Alexandre Muller

in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Shanghai
Tsitsipas's Record

Stefanos added to his prize money $ 24,600 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 59,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tsitsipas will add $ 41,900 to his earnings to get in total $ 101,000 in total.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Kei Nishikori Shanghai Rolex Masters – Shanghai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Tsitsipas
Nishikori
7-66 6-4
1h:45
73
73
Total points
69
69
37
37
Winners
35
35
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
57%
57%
1st in
64%
64%
86%
86%
1st won
81%
81%
37/43
37/43
1st won
35/43
35/43
56%
56%
2nd won
58%
58%
18/32
18/32
2nd won
14/24
14/24
-- Break Points --
1/6
1/6
Total
0/3
0/3
17%
17%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Stefanos scored 73 points vs. Kei’s 69.

Tsitsipas

The Greek served pretty well to win 86% of the points (37/43

) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (18/32) on his second serve. Tsitsipas struck 14 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Greek won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, Kei wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Tsitsipas and Nishikori is 2-2.

Draw and next match H2H: Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexandre Muller – stats

Tsitsipas will square off with Muller in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Tsitsipas 7-6
TsitsipasNishikori
7
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasNishikori
7
6
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
2
4
3
4
4
5
4
5
5
5
6
6
6
7
6
TsitsipasNishikori
6
6
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasNishikori
6
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasNishikori
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
TsitsipasNishikori
5
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasNishikori
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasNishikori
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
TsitsipasNishikori
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasNishikori
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
TsitsipasNishikori
2
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasNishikori
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasNishikori
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasNishikori
1
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

Tsitsipas won the set after he broke Kei .

The Greek was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 14th game (7-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Japanese wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 90 points. It’s worth to point out that, Stefanos won this set even if he scored less points 8 than the Japanese (41-49). The Greek dropped 12 points on serve (27-12). In addition, on the other side, Kei conceded 14 points on serve (37-14).

2nd Set -
Tsitsipas 6-4
TsitsipasNishikori
6
4
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasNishikori
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
TsitsipasNishikori
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasNishikori
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
TsitsipasNishikori
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
TsitsipasNishikori
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
TsitsipasNishikori
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
TsitsipasNishikori
1
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
TsitsipasNishikori
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Tsitsipas grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Tsitsipas lost a big opportunity to break the Japanese in the 9th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Stefanos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 52 points. Tsitsipas conquered the set after winning 10 more points than the Japanese (31-21). Stefanos surrendered 7 points on serve (22-7). In addition, on the other side, the Japanese conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).

1st
Tsitsipas
Nishikori
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Tsitsipas
Nishikori
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

  • Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-3 6-2)
  • Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-66 6-4)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-3)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-72 6-2 6-4)
  • Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 4-6 6-4)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2)
  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5)

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