Flavio Cobolli defeats Rinky Hijikata 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Almaty on Wednesday. Cobolli will clash against James Duckworth in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 18 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Flavio scored 68 points vs. Hijikata’s 56.
Cobolli
Cobolli served extremely well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (9/17) on his second serve. Flavio was pretty focused in converting 60% of the break points that he conquered (3/5).
Hijikata
On the other side, The Australian was great in converting the only break point that he converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Cobolli and Hijikata is 2-0 for Flavio.
Draw and next match H2H: Flavio Cobolli vs. James Duckworth – stats
Cobolli will square off with Duckworth in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Flavio Cobolli and James Duckworth fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cobolli (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
Cobolli conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Cobolli to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Cobolli was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Flavio didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Cobolli won just 3 more points than the Australian (32-29
). Flavio surrendered 6 points on serve (20-6). On the other side, the Australian conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).Cobolli enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, the Italian managed to stage a good comeback to break Rinky in the 5th
(2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).Cobolli converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Rinky was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40).
They played 63 points. The Italian was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than the Australian (36-27). Flavio lost 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-65 6-3)
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Adam WaltonWalton (7-5 7-60)
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-3)
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 6-3)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-63 6-73 6-4)
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-65 6-1)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5)
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats