Tomas Machac victorious over Rinky Hijikata 6-4 7-6(0) in the 2nd round in Dallas on Thursday. Machac will face off with Denis Shapovalov in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Machac added to his prize money $ 35,250 after winning this match. He has already won $ 75,615 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Czech will add $ 72,390 to his earnings to get in total $ 148,005 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Machac scored 71 points vs. Rinky’s 59.
Machac
Machac struck 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Tomas won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, the Australian was fantastic in converting all his break points (2/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Machac and Hijikata is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Machac vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Machac will face Shapovalov in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Denis Shapovalov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Czech snatched in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Czech converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Machac didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 63 points. The contest during this set was so even that Tomas won only 1 point more than Rinky (32-31
). Machac surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (26-12).Machac overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Machac found the way to come back to break Hijikata in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set at the tiebreak at 0.
Tiebreak
Machac won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0) and 7th (7-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, 7-0
Tomas converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Rinky was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).
They played 67 points. Tomas was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Hijikata (39-28). Machac dropped 13 points on serve (22-13). On the other side, Hijikata conceded 17 points on serve (15-17).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- 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)
- 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)
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