TENNIS SCORES. Yoshihito Nishioka upsets Nishikori in the 2nd round in Cincinnati

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI. Nishioka surprises Nishikori to play Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Kei Nishikori

Yoshihito Nishioka shocks Kei Nishikori 7-62 6-4 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Nishioka will play Alex De Minaur in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nishikori commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Nishioka in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Japanese to win the set because Kei succeeded in breaking back in the 10th (5-5) game. The Japanese maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 2.

2nd set.

The Japanese clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, Yoshihito broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

The Japanese wasted a good opportunity to break Kei in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nishioka scored 79 points vs. Nishikori’s 68 points.

Nishioka won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 25% (3/12). On the other side, Kei was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

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Next Match: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex De Minaur – H2H and stats

Nishioka will compete against De Minaur in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Alex De Minaur play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nishioka won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Miami back in 2018.