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Kei Nishikori #9 def. Pablo Carreno Busta #23

6-7(8) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2019*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-7(8) 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 7-6(8)
Loser	Pablo Carreno Busta
Duration	5h 5m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Pablo Carreno Busta
Aces	15	5
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	61	70
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	42	52
Break points saved %	57	71
Break points converted %	29	43
Service points won %	61	59
Return points won %	41	39
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Pablo Carreno Busta
Country	JPN	ESP
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Jul 12, 1991
Age	29	27
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	23
Ranking points (entering)	3,750	1,705
Elo (entering)	2,152	1,912
Career W-L	424–226	277–232
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$17,658,380

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 0 – 0 Pablo Carreno Busta

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Joao Sousa	7-6(6) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Ivo Karlovic	6-3 7-6(6) 5-7 5-7 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Kamil Majchrzak	3-6 6-7(6) 6-0 6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2019	QF	Novak Djokovic	1-6 1-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2019	R32	Fabio Fognini	6-2 6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2019	R64	Ilya Ivashka	6-2 6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2019	R128	Luca Vanni	6-7(5) 2-6 6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data