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Kei Nishikori #66 def. Ryan Sweeting #118

6-7(5) 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 26, 2011*
Tournament	Delray Beach
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-7(5) 6-2 6-4
Loser	Ryan Sweeting
Duration	2h 11m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Ryan Sweeting
Aces	5	8
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	65	57
First serve points won %	78	71
Second serve points won %	56	51
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	71	62
Return points won %	38	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Ryan Sweeting
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Jul 14, 1987
Age	21	23
Height	178	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	66	118
Ranking points (entering)	719	468
Elo (entering)	1,791	1,767
Career W-L	424–226	34–56
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$1,024,486

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 Ryan Sweeting

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2011	R16	James Blake	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2011	R32	Brian Dabul	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2011	SF	Janko Tipsarevic	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ryan Sweeting's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2011	R16	Sam Querrey	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2011	R32	Igor Andreev	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2011	Q3	Jan Hajek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2011	Q2	Jack Sock	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2011	Q1	Alex Bogomolov Jr	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data