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Kei Nishikori #36 def. Andreas Seppi #62

6-0 2-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 2018*
Tournament	Monte Carlo Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	6-0 2-6 6-3
Loser	Andreas Seppi
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Andreas Seppi
Aces	1	3
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	59	56
First serve points won %	68	63
Second serve points won %	61	50
Break points saved %	71	56
Break points converted %	44	29
Service points won %	65	58
Return points won %	42	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Andreas Seppi
Country	JPN	ITA
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	Feb 21, 1984
Age	28	34
Height	178	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	62
Ranking points (entering)	1,280	851
Elo (entering)	2,051	1,866
Career W-L	424–226	363–397
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$11,816,212

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 2 – 2 Andreas Seppi

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Daniil Medvedev	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2018	R64	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2018	QF	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-7(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Andreas Seppi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 2018	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2018	R64	Kyle Edmund	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2018	Q3	Marco Cecchinato	—	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2018	Q2	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2018	Q1	Alex de Minaur	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data