R16 Mexican Open 2015

Kei Nishikori #5 def. Yen-Hsun Lu #61

6-1 6-3

Kei Nishikori defeated Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1 6-3 in the 2015 Mexican Open second round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 26, 2015*
Tournament: Mexican Open
Edition: 2015
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h

Match Statistics

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Yen-Hsun Lu
Aces	2	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	70.0%	58.0%
First serve points won %	82.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	36.0%	26.0%
Break points saved %	80.0%	17.0%
Break points converted %	83.0%	20.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	44.0%
Return points won %	56.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	62.0%	38.0%
Match Serve+	+3.9	-19.7
Match Return+	+19.7	-3.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2015 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Yen-Hsun Lu
Country	JPN	TPE
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Aug 14, 1983
Age	25	31
Height	178 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	61
Ranking points (entering)	5,205	808
Elo (entering)	2,214	1,818
Current career W-L	436–232	145–228
Current career earnings	$26,161,710	$5,179,843

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori #5 1 – 0 Yen-Hsun Lu #61

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alejandro Gonzalez #92	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 2015	R32

Kei Nishikori's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov #33	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2015	QF

Yen-Hsun Lu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Victor Estrella	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data	Feb 25, 2015	R32