Rinky Hijikata hustles Brandon Holt 6-2 7-5 in the qualifications in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Hijikata will engage against Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the 1st round. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Australian scored 80 points vs. Brandon’s 66.
Hijikata
Rinky was effective at converting 83% of the break points that he procured (5/6).
Holt
On the other side, Brandon was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Hijikata and Holt is 3-2 for Rinky.
Draw and next match H2H: Rinky Hijikata vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli – stats
Hijikata will square off with Ugo Carabelli in the 1st round.
There is no head to head record between Rinky Hijikata and Camilo Ugo Carabelli since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Rinky in this set was in much better shape than Holt and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Brandon in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Brandon was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Hijikata was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 40-A). On the other side, Brandon was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 63 points. Hijikata was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than Brandon (39-24
). Rinky lost 11 points on serve (21-11). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).Rinky won the set after he broke Holt in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th
(5-5) game. Notwithstanding, the Australian kept the focus to conquer the set 7-5.The Australian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 83 points. It’s worth to point out that, Rinky won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Holt (41-42). Rinky surrendered 24 points on serve (28-24). on the other side of the court, Holt conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-1 6-3)
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-1 6-4)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon HoltHolt (6-2 7-5)
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (7-5 4-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
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- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H details and stats