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Yoshihito Nishioka #171 def. Fernando Verdasco #28

1-6 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 2018*
Tournament	Shenzhen
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Yoshihito Nishioka
Score	1-6 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Yoshihito Nishioka	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	1	14
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	81	57
First serve points won %	67	76
Second serve points won %	56	40
Break points saved %	33	73
Break points converted %	27	67
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yoshihito Nishioka	Fernando Verdasco
Country	JPN	ESP
Birth date	Sep 27, 1995	Nov 15, 1983
Age	23	34
Height	170	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	171	28
Ranking points (entering)	333	1,375
Elo (entering)	1,824	1,911
Career W-L	131–160	549–441
Career earnings	$7,461,830	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Yoshihito Nishioka 0 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Yoshihito Nishioka's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2018	QF	Cameron Norrie	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	R16	Denis Shapovalov	7-6(5) 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R32	Denis Kudla	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2018	Q2	Filip Peliwo	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2018	Q1	Alexander Bublik	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Yoshihito Nishioka's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2018	F	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2018	QF	Andy Murray	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	R16	Taro Daniel	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R32	Jason Jung	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data