Merciless Rinky Hijikata soars past Shevchenko in the 1st round to play vs Nakashima at the BNP Paribas Open – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Hijikata crushes Shevchenko to come up against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Rinky-Hijikata-vs-Alexander-Shevchenko

Rinky Hijikata crushes Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Thursday after playing a superlative match to clash against Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 4 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

Hijikata
Indian Wells
Hijikata's Record

Hijikata added to his prize money $ 12,275 after winning this match. He has already won $ 37,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, Hijikata will add $ 26,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 64,500 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Hijikata
Shevchenko
Rinky Hijikata
6-1 6-3
1h:04
Alexander Shevchenko
58
58
Total points
43
43
22
22
Winners
16
16
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
73%
73%
1st in
66%
66%
63%
63%
1st won
46%
46%
22/35
22/35
1st won
16/35
16/35
46%
46%
2nd won
39%
39%
6/13
6/13
2nd won
7/18
7/18
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
2/4
2/4
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Hijikata scored 58 points vs. Shevchenko’s 43.

Hijikata

Hijikata didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (6/9).

Shevchenko

On the other side, Shevchenko was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Hijikata and Shevchenko is 1-0 for Rinky.

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

Hijikata will square off with Nakashima in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Rinky Hijikata and Brandon Nakashima face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Hijikata won 6-2 3-6 7-65 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in January 2025.

Rinky Hijikata Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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HijikataShevchenko
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0
0
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Hijikata started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexander Shevchenko in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Rinky to win the set because the Kazakhstani succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (1-5) game. Rinky kept his focus to break Alexander in the 7th (6-1) game.

Rinky failed to serve out the set when leading 6-1 to be broken at 30.

A defining moment of this set was when Hijikata won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Hijikata converted 80% of his break points (4/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 40-A), the 4th (4-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alexander converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (0-3 30-40) and the 6th game (0-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 59 points. Hijikata was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than Alexander (36-23). Rinky conceded 12 points on serve (16-12). On the other side, Shevchenko conceded 20 points on serve (11-20).

2nd Set -
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The Australian clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Rinky broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

The Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Shevchenko was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40).

They played 42 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Hijikata won just 2 points more than Shevchenko (22-20). The Australian lost 8 points on serve (12-8). on the other side of the net, Alexander conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

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

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  • Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-6 7-5 7-5)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 5-7 6-4)
  • David GoffinGoffin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 7-5)
  • Matteo GiganteGigante – Sebastian BaezBaez (3-6 6-1 6-4)
  • Rinky HijikataHijikata – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-3)
  • Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-1 5-7 6-2)
  • Dusan LajovicLajovic – Li TuTu (6-2 6-0)
  • Joao FonsecaFonseca – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-2 1-6 6-3)
  • Jakub MensikMensik – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 7-66)
  • Adam WaltonWalton – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-5 6-1)
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  • Colton SmithSmith – Flavio CobolliCobolli (3-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 0-6 6-1)
  • Zizou BergsBergs – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-62 6-3)
  • Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-5 6-4)
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 1-6 7-64)
  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 3-6 6-3)
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