Kei Nishikori topples Vukic in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Shapovalov at the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Nishikori hustles Vukic to come up against Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Kei Nishikori beats Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 1st round in Madrid on Thursday. Nishikori will play against Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2014. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nishikori
Madrid
Nishikori's Record

Kei added to his prize money € 10,075 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,895 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add € 22,030 to his earnings to get in total € 52,925 in total.

Highlights Kei Nishikori vs. Aleksandar Vukic Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nishikori
Vukic
Kei Nishikori
6-4 3-6 6-3
1h:59
Aleksandar Vukic
94
94
Total points
88
88
37
37
Winners
46
46
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
10
10
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
62%
62%
1st in
65%
65%
74%
74%
1st won
70%
70%
37/50
37/50
1st won
46/66
46/66
58%
58%
2nd won
46%
46%
18/31
18/31
2nd won
16/35
16/35
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
2/4
2/4
27%
27%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 94 points vs. Aleksandar’s 88.

Nishikori

The Japanese won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

Vukic

On the other side, Vukic didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Nishikori and Vukic is 1-0 for Kei.

Draw and next match H2H: Kei Nishikori vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Nishikori will fight against Shapovalov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Kei Nishikori and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Nishikori (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Nishikori won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Hong kong back in December 2024.

Kei Nishikori Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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NishikoriVukic
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N
0
0
V
0
0

Nishikori started the set strong after breaking Aleksandar Vukic in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for Kei to win the set because the Australian managed to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The Japanese maintained his focus to break Vukic in the 9th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Nishikori converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Aleksandar converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 83 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nishikori won just 3 points more than Vukic (43-40). Kei lost 10 points on serve (19-10). On the other side, the Australian conceded 24 points on serve (30-24).

2nd Set -
Nishikori Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Australian clinched in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 51 points. The contest during this set was so even that the Australian won only 1 point more than the Japanese (26-25). Aleksandar surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). On the losing side, Nishikori conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

3rd Set -
Nishikori this
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0
0
Found
0
0
0
0

Similarly to the 2nd set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kei clinched in the 4th game (3-1) just before finally winning the set (6-3).

Kei was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Kei didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 46 points. Nishikori conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Vukic (27-19). Kei surrendered 7 points on serve (18-7). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (12-9).

1st
Nishikori
Vukic
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Nishikori
Vukic
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Nishikori
Vukic
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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