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Kei Nishikori #32 def. Novak Djokovic #1

2-6 7-6(4) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Nov 5, 2011*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	2-6 7-6(4) 6-0
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Novak Djokovic
Aces	4	6
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	46	67
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	50	33
Break points saved %	43	29
Break points converted %	71	57
Service points won %	61	56
Return points won %	44	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Novak Djokovic
Country	JPN	SRB
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 22, 1987
Age	21	24
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	32	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,225	13,860
Elo (entering)	1,923	2,467
Career W-L	424–226	1,122–223
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2011	QF	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2011	R16	Andreas Seppi	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2011	R32	Tomas Berdych	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2011	F	Roger Federer	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 5, 2011	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	2-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2011	R16	Lukasz Kubot	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2011	R32	Xavier Malisse	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data