Tomas Machac rolls past Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Dallas on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match to fight against Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 2 minutes.
Machac added to his prize money $ 18,840 after winning this match. He has already won $ 40,365 after this win. If he wins the next match, Machac will add $ 35,250 to his earnings to get in total $ 75,615 in total.
Highlights Tomas Machac vs. Kei Nishikori Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tomas scored 57 points vs. Nishikori’s 39.
Machac
The Czech served very well to win 83% of the points (24/29) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (11/19) on his second serve. Tomas was sharp when converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Nishikori
On the other side, Kei wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Machac and Nishikori is 1-0 for Tomas.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Rinky Hijikata – stats
Machac will square off with Hijikata in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Rinky Hijikata face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hijikata (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Machac in this set was much more effective than the Japanese and without too much struggle he won 6-2
after breaking Kei in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.The Japanese lost the 7th game (5-2) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0. Nishikori had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Machac converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Kei was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3
0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).They played 60 points. Tomas was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Japanese (32-28). The Czech lost 8 points on serve (19-8). On the losing side, Nishikori conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Tomas in this set played at a much higher level than Kei and consequently he won 6-2 after breaking Nishikori in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Tomas converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Czech didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 36 points. Machac was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Nishikori (25-11). The Czech conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, the Japanese conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
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- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 7-5)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 6-3)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Trevor SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-2)
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 3-6 6-4)
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