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Kei Nishikori #18 def. Evgeny Donskoy #82

7-6(3) 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date Jan 20, 2013*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score7-6(3) 6-2 6-3
Loser Evgeny Donskoy
Duration2h 6m
StatKei NishikoriEvgeny Donskoy
Aces75
Double faults11
First serve %6855
First serve points won %7769
Second serve points won %6541
Break points saved %7543
Break points converted %5725
Service points won %7357
Return points won %4327
Total points won %5941

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriEvgeny Donskoy
Country JPN RUS
Birth dateDec 29, 1989May 9, 1990
Age2322
Height178185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1882
Ranking points (entering)1,870637
Elo (entering)2,0021,552
Career W-L424–22650–111
Career earnings$26,091,290$3,426,092
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 0 Evgeny Donskoy

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2013R64 Carlos Berlocq 7-6(4) 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2013R128 Victor Hanescu 6-7(5) 6-3 6-1 6-3WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 22, 2013R16 David Ferrer 2-6 1-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Evgeny Donskoy's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2013R64 Mikhail Youzhny 3-6 7-6(4) 6-2 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2013R128 Adrian Ungur 6-4 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch data