Carlos Alcaraz destroys Yoshihito Nishioka 6-0 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday after playing a marvellous match to come up against Nuno Borges in the 3rd round. His best result in this event was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Alcaraz added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Yoshihito Nishioka Australian Open – Melbourne
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Nishioka is 2-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nuno Borges – stats
Alcaraz will come up against Borges in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Nuno Borges square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
This set was completely uneven since Carlos conceded no games to the Japanese before winning the set 6-0.
Carlos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 30.
The Spaniard was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 34 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 22 more points than the Japanese (28-6). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Alcaraz overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Spaniard managed to boost his lead after breaking the Japanese in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Yoshihito was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-1 to 6-1.
Carlos converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Carlos didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. The Spaniard won 11 points more than Nishioka (25-14). Alcaraz was astonishing on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (12-1). on the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Carlos snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. Carlos was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Japanese (27-21). The Spaniard conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Nishioka conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-2 6-4)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-0 6-1 6-4)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (3-6 7-61 6-75 7-64 6-4)
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-4 3-6 6-4)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 3-1 ret.)
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