Jiri Lehecka prevails over Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Wednesday. Lehecka is going to play against Nicolas Jarry in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes.
Lehecka added to his prize money $ 7,730 after winning this match. He has already won $ 18,685 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 14,370 to his earnings to get in total $ 33,055 in total.
Highlights Jiri Lehecka vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:19
At the end of the match, Jiri scored 104 points vs. Yoshihito’s 84.
Lehecka
Jiri served extremely well to win 88% of the points (45/51) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (17/30) on his second serve. The Czech blasted 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Czech won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.
Nishioka
On the other side, Nishioka was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Lehecka and Nishioka is 1-0 for Jiri.
Draw and next match H2H: Jiri Lehecka vs. Nicolas Jarry – stats
Lehecka will fight against Jarry in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Jiri Lehecka and Nicolas Jarry play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Lehecka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Lehecka was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Yoshihito Nishioka in the 1st game (1-0). The Czech extended his lead after breaking Nishioka in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Yoshihito lost the 1st game (1-0) when he was serving and leading 40-0. Nishioka was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
The Czech converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. Lehecka conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Nishioka (32-24). Lehecka lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, Yoshihito conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).
Nishioka won the set after he broke Jiri .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, the Czech was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).
They contested 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, Yoshihito won this set even if he scored less points 9 than Lehecka (34-43). The Japanese dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). On the losing side, the Czech conceded 11 points on serve (33-11).
Lehecka won the set after he broke Yoshihito in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Japanese tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Jiri stayed solid to conquer the set 6-4.
Jiri converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Nishioka converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Jiri won just 3 more points than Nishioka (29-26). The Czech lost 7 points on serve (15-7). In addition, on the other side, Nishioka conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 7-65)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-3)
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-2 6-3)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-75 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (19-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
