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Albert Montanes #23 def. Kei Nishikori #147

6-2 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2010*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Albert Montanes
Score	6-2 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	38m

Stat	Albert Montanes	Kei Nishikori
Aces	5	0
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	54	54
First serve points won %	93	55
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	—	57
Break points converted %	43	—
Service points won %	77	49
Return points won %	51	23
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Montanes	Kei Nishikori
Country	ESP	JPN
Birth date	Nov 26, 1980	Dec 29, 1989
Age	29	20
Height	175	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	147
Ranking points (entering)	1,600	337
Elo (entering)	1,894	1,802
Career W-L	257–287	424–226
Career earnings	$5,866,340	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Albert Montanes 1 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Albert Montanes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Carsten Ball	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Michal Przysiezny	5-7 1-6 7-5 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Montanes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2010	R16	Robin Soderling	6-4 3-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2010	R64	Marin Cilic	5-7 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2010	R128	Evgeny Korolev	7-6(0) 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2010	Q3	Frank Dancevic	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2010	Q2	Alexander Kudryavtsev	6-3 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2010	Q1	Paul Capdeville	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data