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Andy Murray #4 def. Kei Nishikori #26

6-3 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-3 6-3 6-1
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 12m

Stat	Andy Murray	Kei Nishikori
Aces	4	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	44	60
First serve points won %	78	54
Second serve points won %	58	37
Break points saved %	80	61
Break points converted %	39	20
Service points won %	67	47
Return points won %	53	33
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Kei Nishikori
Country	GBR	JPN
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	24	22
Height	191	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	26
Ranking points (entering)	7,380	1,410
Elo (entering)	2,276	1,994
Career W-L	703–264	424–226
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 1 – 0 Kei Nishikori

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-1 6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Michael Llodra	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Ryan Harrison	4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2012	SF	Novak Djokovic	3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2012	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2-6 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Julien Benneteau	4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Matthew Ebden	3-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Stephane Robert	6-1 7-6(7) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data