
Tomas Martin Etcheverry obliterates Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Hangzhou on Saturday after playing a fantastic match to fight against Corentin Moutet in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
The Argentine added to his prize money $ 12,920 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 30,805 after this win. If he wins the next match, Tomas Martin will add $ 22,360 to his earnings to get in total $ 53,165 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Tomas Martin scored 66 points vs. Rinky’s 48.
Etcheverry
Etcheverry served very well to win 85% of the points (28/33) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (11/18) on his second serve. The Argentine won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Etcheverry and Hijikata is 1-0 for Tomas Martin.
Draw and next match H2H: Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Corentin Moutet – stats
Etcheverry will compete against Moutet in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Corentin Moutet fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Etcheverry (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Etcheverry won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in April 2025.
Live score progression and stats
Etcheverry overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Tomas Martin improved his lead after breaking Rinky in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Certainly, a key moment was when the Argentine won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
The Argentine converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Rinky was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (1-5 30-40).
They contested 64 points. Tomas Martin conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Australian (36-28). Etcheverry surrendered 9 points on serve (19-9). In addition, on the other side, Rinky conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Etcheverry grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (6-4).
The Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tomas Martin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. Etcheverry was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than the Australian (30-20). Tomas Martin was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). on the other side of the court, the Australian conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).
Tennis Scores in Hangzhou
- Alexander BublikBublik – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-76 6-4 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4)
- Learner TienTien – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 6-3)
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-62)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-2 6-3)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-71 6-3 7-63)
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3)
- Yibing WuWu – Sebastian KordaKorda (4-6 6-1 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yibing WuWu – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H details and stats





