Inexorable Kei Nishikori outpaces Shapovalov in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Khachanov. HIGHLIGHTS – HONG KONG RESULTS

HONG KONG TENNIS OPEN - HONG KONG DRAW AND RESULTS. Nishikori shocks Shapovalov to come up against Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Kei-Nishikori-vs-Denis-Shapovalov

Kei Nishikori surprises Denis Shapovalov 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Hong Kong on Tuesday after playing a great match to play Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 58 minutes.

Nishikori
Hong Kong
Nishikori's Record

Nishikori added to his prize money $ 4,640 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,935 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Denis Shapovalov Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori
6-2 6-3
0h:58
Denis Shapovalov
60
60
Total points
42
42
29
29
Winners
18
18
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
7
7
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
70%
70%
1st in
52%
52%
83%
83%
1st won
67%
67%
29/35
29/35
1st won
18/27
18/27
60%
60%
2nd won
48%
48%
9/15
9/15
2nd won
12/25
12/25
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/2
0/2
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Kei scored 60 points vs. the Canadian’s 42.

Nishikori

Kei served extremely well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (9/15) on his second serve. Nishikori won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Shapovalov

On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Shapovalov is 2-1 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Karen Khachanov – stats

Nishikori will compete against Khachanov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 7th time that Kei Nishikori and Karen Khachanov face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Khachanov won 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Halle back in 2018.

Kei Nishikori Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nishikori HTML
NishikoriShapovalov
HTML
N
0
0
S
0
0

Nishikori had a great start in this set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Japanese extended his lead after breaking the Canadian in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.

The Japanese failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.

Kei converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Shapovalov was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (1-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 59 points. Nishikori was the winner of the set after clinching 13 more points than Denis (36-23). Kei dropped 10 points on serve (22-10). on the other side of the net, Denis conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

2nd Set -
Nishikori Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Nishikori had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for the Japanese to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Kei converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 5 more points than Denis (24-19). Kei was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). on the other side of the net, the Canadian conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).

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

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

  • Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-63 6-4)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-3)
  • Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (2-6 6-4 6-3)
  • Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-4)
  • Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 6-3 6-3)
  • Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (3-6 6-3 7-66)
  • Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-69)
  • Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-64 6-3)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Learner TienTien (6-3 7-5)
  • Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3)

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