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Kei Nishikori #147 def. Evgeny Korolev #69

7-6(0) 5-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date Sep 1, 2010*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR128
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score7-6(0) 5-2 (ret.)
Loser Evgeny Korolev
Duration1h 33m
StatKei NishikoriEvgeny Korolev
Aces71
Double faults27
First serve %5844
First serve points won %7766
Second serve points won %6445
Break points saved %077
Break points converted %23100
Service points won %7254
Return points won %4628
Total points won %5644

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriEvgeny Korolev
Country JPN KAZ
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Feb 14, 1988
Age2022
Height178185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)14769
Ranking points (entering)337715
Elo (entering)1,7471,685
Career W-L424–22672–91
Career earnings$26,091,290$1,510,466
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 0 Evgeny Korolev

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 2010Q3 Frank Dancevic 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 2010Q2 Alexander Kudryavtsev 6-3 7-6(1)WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 2010Q1 Paul Capdeville 6-3 5-7 6-2WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 2010R64 Marin Cilic 5-7 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1WH2HMatch data

Evgeny Korolev's path

No prior matches in this tournament.