Sebastian Korda mullers Sho Shimabukuro 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo on Friday after playing a terrific match to deal with Taylor Fritz in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Sebastian added to his prize money $ 28,440 after winning this match. He has already won $ 61,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Sebastian will add $ 58,395 to his earnings to get in total $ 119,395 in total.
Highlights Sebastian Korda vs. Sho Shimabukuro Japan Open Tennis Championships – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 68 points vs. the Japanese’s 50.
Korda
The American served extremely well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (16/31) on his second serve. Korda didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Shimabukuro
On the other side, Sho wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Korda and Shimabukuro is 1-0 for Sebastian.
Draw and next match H2H: Sebastian Korda vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Korda will play Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 4th time that Sebastian Korda and Taylor Fritz face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but Korda has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The American was too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Japanese 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.
Sho was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6
break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).They played 66 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Shimabukuro (39-27
). Korda dropped 17 points on serve (27-17). on the other side of the court, the Japanese conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).Korda had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Sho Shimabukuro in the 2nd game (2-0). The American improved his lead after breaking Shimabukuro before winning the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Shimabukuro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 52 points. Sebastian conquered the set after winning 6 points more than the Japanese (29-23). Sebastian surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, the Japanese conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-64 6-2)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 6-4)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-2)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 7-64)
Upcoming matches
- Casper RuudRuud – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats