TENNIS SCORES. Alex De Minaur shocks Nishikori in the 3rd round of the U.S. Open

Alex De Minaur upsets Kei Nishikori 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 3^rd round in New York on Friday. De Minaur will square off with Grigor Dimitrov or Kamil Majchrzak in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

De Minaur conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Nishikori in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for De Minaur to win the set as Kei succeeded in breaking back in the 4^th (1-3) game. The Australian maintained his focus to break Nishikori in the 7^th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

2^nd set.

De Minaur had a favorable start in this set after breaking Nishikori in the 1^st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that was not enough for Alex to win the set because Kei succeeded in breaking back in the 8^th (4-4) game. De Minaur maintained his cool to break Kei in the 9^th (5-4) game before conquering the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Nishikori in this set played a much better tennis than De Minaur and consequentely he won 6-2 after breaking the Australian in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

4^th set.

De Minaur conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Nishikori in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Australian to win the set as the Japanese found the way to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Alex kept his cool to break Kei in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

Nishikori was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

Statistics

After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Nishikori is 2-0 for Alex.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Kei Nishikori U.S. Open – New York

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Next Match: Alex De Minaur vs. Grigor Dimitrov or Kamil Majchrzak – stats

De Minaur will compete against either Grigor Dimitrov or Kamil Majchrzak in the 4^th round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Grigor Dimitrov and 0-0 vs. Kamil Majchrzak.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Grigor Dimitrov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression

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