Nishesh Basavareddy surprises Marin Cilic 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Hangzhou on Thursday. Basavareddy will play Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes.
The American added to his prize money $ 6,955 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 17,885 after this win. If he wins the next match, Basavareddy will add $ 12,920 to his earnings to get in total $ 30,805 in total.
Highlights Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Marin Cilic Hangzhou Open – Hangzhou
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Basavareddy scored 93 points vs. the Croatian’s 89.
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Basavareddy didn’t lose the concentration in converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7
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On the other side, Marin was battling in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Basavareddy and Cilic is 1-0 for Nishesh.
Draw and next match H2H: Nishesh Basavareddy vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Basavareddy will take on Medvedev in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Nishesh Basavareddy and Daniil Medvedev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Basavareddy conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Marin Cilic in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Marin to win the set as the American succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Marin kept his focus to break the American in the 10th (6-4) game.
Cilic failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 0.
Marin was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40).
They played 68 points. Cilic was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Basavareddy (41-27). Cilic dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Nishesh conceded 21 points on serve (21-21).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Basavareddy conquered in the 5th
game (3-2) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).Nishesh converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Basavareddy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 63 points. Basavareddy was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Croatian (35-28). Basavareddy conceded 7 points on serve (22-7). on the other side of the court, Cilic conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Basavareddy won the set after he broke the Croatian in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Cilic was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Nishesh converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Basavareddy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The American conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Cilic (30-20). Nishesh dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). On the other side, the Croatian conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
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