Kei Nishikori victorious over Johnson in the 3rd round in London

Kei Nishikori victorious over Steve Johnson 6-4 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in London on Saturday.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Johnson started the set in the best possible way after breaking Nishikori in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, Kei succeeded in coming back to break Steve in the 5^th (2-3) and in the 7^th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

A crucial moment of the match was when Kei won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-3 to 5-3

2^nd set.

Kei won the set after he broke Johnson in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

3^rd set.

Nishikori conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Johnson in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Japanese reinforced his lead after breaking the American in the 8^th (6-2) game before managing to win the set.

Steve lost the 2^nd game (2-0) when he had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.

At the end of the match, Kei scored 103 points vs. Steve’s 73 points.

The Japanese served exceptionally well to win 85% of the points (40/47) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (9/16) on his second serve. Nishikori had a tough time in converting his break points since he converted only 43% (6/14).

On the other side, the American was exceptional in converting all the break points (1/1). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Nishikori and Johnson is 5-0 for Kei.

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Kei Nishikori vs. Mikhail Kukushkin – H2H and stats

Nishikori will fight against Kukushkin in the 4^th round.

This will be the 10^th time that Kei Nishikori and Mikhail Kukushkin clash against each other. The head to head is 9-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nishikori won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Vienna back in 2018.