Yoshihito Nishioka surprises Frances Tiafoe 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Dallas on Thursday. Nishioka will play against Casper Ruud in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 5 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Japanese added to his prize money $ 35,250 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 75,615 after this win. If he wins the next match, Yoshihito will add $ 72,390 to his earnings to get in total $ 148,005 in total.
Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Frances Tiafoe Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yoshihito scored 90 points vs. Frances’s 85.
Nishioka
The Japanese was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Tiafoe
On the other side, the American was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nishioka and Tiafoe is 3-3.
Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Nishioka will come up against Ruud in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Casper Ruud fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Frances grabbed in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The American wasted a good opportunity to break the Japanese in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The American was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 40-A). On the other side, Tiafoe didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. Tiafoe was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Japanese (35-29). Tiafoe dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Nishioka conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
Nishioka won the set after he broke Tiafoe in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Tiafoe tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Nishioka kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.
Nishioka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Yoshihito converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Tiafoe was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 65 points. The Japanese was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the American (35-30). Yoshihito conceded 12 points on serve (20-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Yoshihito conquered in the 6th game (4-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Nishioka was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Yoshihito didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Nishioka won 6 more points than the American (26-20). Yoshihito was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, Frances conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Tommy PaulPaul – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-4 5-7 6-4)
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Taylor FritzFritz (2-6 6-3 7-62)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Casper RuudRuud – Michael MmohMmoh (6-1 6-4)
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 7-63)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-3)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-60)
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-6 7-65 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Casper RuudRuud (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats