Kei Nishikori stuns Khachanov in the 2nd round to collide vs Norrie at the Hong Kong Tennis Open. HIGHLIGHTS – HONG KONG RESULTS

Kei Nishikori stuns Karen Khachanov 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the 2^nd round in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Nishikori will clash against Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes.

Hong Kong

Nishikori's Record

Kei added to his prize money $ 8,620 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Kei will add $ 14,925 to his earnings to get in total $ 35,480 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Karen Khachanov Hong Kong Tennis Open – Hong Kong

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori

Khachanov

4-6 6-3 7-5
2h:09

95

95

Total points

85

85

43

43

Winners

41

41

45%

45%

Ratio Winners

48%

48%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

7

7

1

1

Double Faults

5

5

69%

69%

1st in

66%

66%

69%

69%

1st won

69%

69%

43/62

43/62

1st won

41/59

41/59

61%

61%

2nd won

45%

45%

17/28

17/28

2nd won

14/31

14/31

-- Break Points --

4/7

4/7

Total

3/8

3/8

57%

57%

Won

38%

38%

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At the end of the match, Kei scored 95 points vs. Karen’s 85.

Nishikori

Nishikori was pretty focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).

Khachanov

On the other side, Khachanov was not so effective in converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Khachanov is 5-2 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Nishikori will fight against Norrie in the quarter.

This will be the 3^rd time that Kei Nishikori and Cameron Norrie play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Nishikori conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Russian to win the set since Nishikori managed to break back in the 8^th (4-4) game. Karen maintained his focus to break Kei in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Khachanov was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1^st (0-0 0-40), the 9^th (4-4 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kei was perfect in converting all his break points in the 4^th (1-2 40-A) and the 7^th game (3-4 15-40).

They contested 63 points. Khachanov won 7 points more than the Japanese (35-28). Khachanov conceded 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Nishikori conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

Nishikori started the set strong after breaking Karen Khachanov in the 2^nd game (2-0). Kei managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Karen in the 8^th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

Karen was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.

The Japanese converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8^th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Nishikori didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 48 points. Nishikori was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Khachanov (28-20). The Japanese was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the other side, the Russian conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Japanese snatched in the 11^th game (6-5) just before finally winning the set (7-5).

Nishikori was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11^th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Karen wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1^st game (0-0 40-A).

They contested 69 points. Kei conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Karen (39-30). Nishikori surrendered 11 points on serve (26-11). Regarding the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

Tennis Scores in Hong Kong

• Alexandre MullerMuller – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 7-6⁶ 7-6¹⁰)
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-3 7-5)
• Arthur FilsFils – Zizou BergsBergs (7-6⁷ 6-4)
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 4-6 6-1)

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