Ugo Humbert bests Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells on Friday. Humbert will square off with Holger Rune in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This run will match his best result in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Humbert added to his prize money $ 26,850 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 64,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Humbert will add $ 45,750 to his earnings to get in total $ 110,250 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Ugo scored 66 points vs. Kei’s 51.
Humbert
Humbert served very well to win 77% of the points (27/35) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 49% points (17/35) on his second serve. Humbert was pretty focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured (4/5).
Nishikori
On the other side, Kei had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Humbert and Nishikori is 1-0 for Ugo.
Draw and next match H2H: Ugo Humbert vs. Holger Rune – stats
Humbert will fight against Rune in the 3rd round.
This will be the 4th time that Ugo Humbert and Holger Rune face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Rune (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Humbert came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Kei Nishikori in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the French player to win the set since Kei succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) game. Ugo maintained his focus to break the Japanese in the 10th (6-4) game.
Ugo failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Humbert was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Nishikori converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-4 30-40).
They contested 69 points. The French player was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Nishikori (40-29). Ugo lost 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
The French player won the set after he broke the Japanese in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Nishikori tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, the French player didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3
.The French player converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). Also, on the other side, Nishikori converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 48 points. Ugo conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Japanese (26-22). Ugo dropped 11 points on serve (18-11). on the other side of the court, Nishikori conceded 8 points on serve (11-8).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
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- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 7-62)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3)
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 ret.)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-64 7-67)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 5-7 6-2)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1)
- Arthur FilsFils – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-2)
- Holger RuneRune – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 6-4)
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-2 6-2)
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-64 3-6 6-2)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-64 7-5)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexander ZverevZverev (4-6 7-65 7-64)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-4)
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