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Kei Nishikori #12 def. Sam Querrey #57

7-6(7) 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 12, 2018*
Tournament Shanghai Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR16
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score7-6(7) 6-4
Loser Sam Querrey
Duration1h 32m
StatKei NishikoriSam Querrey
Aces516
Double faults10
First serve %5067
First serve points won %6973
Second serve points won %7258
Break points saved %10067
Break points converted %330
Service points won %7168
Return points won %3229
Total points won %5149

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriSam Querrey
Country JPN USA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Oct 7, 1987
Age2831
Height178198
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1257
Ranking points (entering)2,730920
Elo (entering)2,0861,837
Career W-L424–226372–315
Career earnings$26,091,290$13,679,265
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 7 4 Sam Querrey

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2018R32 Yibing Wu 3-6 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 13, 2018QF Roger Federer 4-6 6-7(4)LH2HMatch data

Sam Querrey's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2018R32 Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-7(4) 7-5WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 2018R64 Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data