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Kei Nishikori #27 def. Radu Albot #91

4-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date Feb 17, 2018*
Tournament New York
Category ATP 500
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score4-6 6-3 6-1
Loser Radu Albot
Duration1h 57m
StatKei NishikoriRadu Albot
Aces31
Double faults13
First serve %6468
First serve points won %7858
Second serve points won %4640
Break points saved %6250
Break points converted %5038
Service points won %6752
Return points won %4833
Total points won %5743

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriRadu Albot
Country JPN MDA
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Nov 11, 1989
Age2828
Height178175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2791
Ranking points (entering)1,655608
Elo (entering)2,0721,677
Career W-L424–22689–139
Career earnings$26,091,290$5,609,200
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 0 Radu Albot

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2018R16 Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data
Feb 15, 2018R32 Noah Rubin 7-5 6-3WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 17, 2018SF Kevin Anderson 1-6 6-3 6-7(4)LH2HMatch data

Radu Albot's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 16, 2018R16 John Isner 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 15, 2018R32 Bjorn Fratangelo 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data