Jack Draper hustles Kei Nishikori 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Vienna on Tuesday. Draper will play against Luciano Darderi in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes.
The Brit added to his prize money € 16,860 after conquering this match. He has already won € 36,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add € 31,550 to his earnings to get in total € 67,680 in total.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Kei Nishikori Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Jack scored 79 points vs. Kei’s 69.
Draper
The Brit served extremely well to win 85% of the points (41/48) behind his first serve. However he won only 43% points (10/23) on his second serve. Jack blasted 11 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Draper was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Nishikori
On the other side, Kei was absolutely great in converting the only break point that he converted. Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Draper and Nishikori is 2-0 for Jack.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Luciano Darderi – stats
Draper will face Darderi in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Jack Draper and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Jack clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 8th
(3-5) game, Draper broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to conquer the set 7-6.Draper was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Nishikori was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Draper won just 3 points more than the Japanese (43-40). Draper dropped 17 points on serve (34-17). on the other side of the court, Nishikori conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Draper conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
Jack was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 65 points. Jack was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Nishikori (35-30). Draper dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). on the other side of the court, Kei conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
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