Steadfast Sebastian Korda outlasts Giron in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Shimabukuro at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. HIGHLIGHTS – TOKYO RESULTS

JAPAN OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - TOKYO DRAW AND RESULTS. Korda outlasts Giron to fight against Sho Shimabukuro in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction-and-head-to-head-Sebastian-Korda-vs-Marcos-Giron

Sebastian Korda survives Marcos Giron 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Tokyo on Thursday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-American match. Korda will square off with Sho Shimabukuro in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 29 minutes.

Korda
Tokyo
Korda's Record

Sebastian added to his prize money $ 15,195 after winning this match. He has already won $ 32,560 after this win. If he wins the next match, Korda will add $ 28,440 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,000 in total.

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Marcos Giron Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Korda
Giron
Sebastian Korda
4-6 6-3 7-64
2h:29
Marcos Giron
104
104
Total points
101
101
48
48
Winners
40
40
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
56%
56%
1st in
58%
58%
80%
80%
1st won
71%
71%
48/60
48/60
1st won
40/56
40/56
48%
48%
2nd won
59%
59%
23/48
23/48
2nd won
24/41
24/41
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
2/12
2/12
40%
40%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 104 points vs. Giron’s 101.

Korda

Sebastian served extremely well to win 80% of the points (48/60) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 48% points (23/48) on his second serve. Korda won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.

Giron

On the other side, Giron wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 17% – 2/12). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Korda and Giron is 3-1 for Sebastian.

Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Sho Shimabukuro – stats

Korda will come up against Shimabukuro in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Sho Shimabukuro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Sebastian Korda Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Giron 6-4
GironKorda
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
GironKorda
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
GironKorda
5
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
GironKorda
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
GironKorda
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
GironKorda
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
GironKorda
2
3
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
GironKorda
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
GironKorda
1
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
GironKorda
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
GironKorda
0
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Marcos conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

Sebastian was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Marcos was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Korda wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (3-2 30-40).

They played 73 points. Marcos won 5 more points than Korda (39-34). Giron lost 8 points on serve (22-8). on the other side of the court, Sebastian conceded 17 points on serve (26-17).

2nd Set -
Korda 6-3
KordaGiron
6
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KordaGiron
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KordaGiron
5
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
KordaGiron
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaGiron
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KordaGiron
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
KordaGiron
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
KordaGiron
3
0
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
KordaGiron
2
0
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Korda was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Marcos Giron in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Korda to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Sebastian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Marcos was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 59 points. Korda conquered the set after winning 7 points more than Giron (33-26). Korda surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). on the other side of the net, Giron conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

3rd Set -
Korda 7-6
KordaGiron
7
6
G
0
1
K
0
2
K
1
2
G
1
3
G
2
3
K
3
3
K
3
4
G
4
4
G
5
4
K
6
4
K
7
4
KordaGiron
6
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
KordaGiron
5
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
KordaGiron
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
KordaGiron
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
KordaGiron
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaGiron
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
KordaGiron
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
KordaGiron
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
KordaGiron
2
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
KordaGiron
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
KordaGiron
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

Korda had a racing start in this set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 2nd game (2-0). That was enough for Marcos to win the set (7-6) since there were no other breaks.

Tiebreak

Sebastian won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Giron won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 7th (4-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

Sebastian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Giron 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 73 points. The contest during this set was so even that Sebastian won only 1 point more than Marcos (37-36). Sebastian surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). In addition, on the other side, Marcos conceded 9 points on serve (23-9).

1st
Korda
Giron
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Korda
Giron
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Korda
Giron
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
 

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