Rinky Hijikata extinguishes David Goffin 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Adelaide on Tuesday after playing a terrific match to clash against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

Adelaide
Hijikata's Record

Rinky 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, Rinky will add $ 8,620 to his earnings to get in total $ 20,555 in total.

Highlights Rinky Hijikata vs. David Goffin Adelaide International – Adelaide

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata
Goffin
6-1 6-2
1h:12
61
61
Total points
40
40
21
21
Winners
11
11
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
51%
51%
1st in
45%
45%
72%
72%
1st won
55%
55%
21/29
21/29
1st won
11/20
11/20
57%
57%
2nd won
38%
38%
16/28
16/28
2nd won
9/24
9/24
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
1/5
1/5
56%
56%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 61 points vs. Goffin’s 40.

Hijikata

The Australian was effective when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).

Goffin

On the other side, David was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Hijikata and Goffin is 1-1

.

Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Brandon Nakashima – stats

Hijikata will take on Nakashima in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Hijikata HTML
HijikataGoffin
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0
0
G
0
0

Hijikata enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking David Goffin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Australian reinforced his lead after breaking Goffin in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

David was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-1 to 6-1.

Rinky converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Hijikata didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 44 points. Rinky was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than David (27-17). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Belgian conceded 11 points on serve (14-11

).
2nd Set -
Hijikata Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Rinky was too good for David and eventually he won 6-2. The Belgian broke Rinky 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, Hijikata broke his opponent in the 4th (2-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to win the set (6-2).

David was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.

Hijikata converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Goffin converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 57 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Goffin (34-23). Hijikata lost 17 points on serve (21-17). Regarding the other side of the net, David conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).

1st
Hijikata
Goffin
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
2nd
Hijikata
Goffin
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1

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