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Kei Nishikori #7 def. Andy Murray #2

1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2016*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Kei Nishikori
Score	1-6 6-4 4-6 6-1 7-5
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	3h 57m

Stat	Kei Nishikori	Andy Murray
Aces	1	8
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	72	69
Second serve points won %	43	39
Break points saved %	47	31
Break points converted %	69	53
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kei Nishikori	Andy Murray
Country	JPN	GBR
Birth date	Dec 29, 1989	May 15, 1987
Age	26	29
Height	178	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	2
Ranking points (entering)	4,165	9,305
Elo (entering)	2,190	2,406
Career W-L	424–226	703–264
Career earnings	$26,091,290	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Kei Nishikori 1 – 5 Andy Murray

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2016	R16	Ivo Karlovic	6-3 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Nicolas Mahut	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Karen Khachanov	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Benjamin Becker	6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2016	SF	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 5-7 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2016	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2016	R32	Paolo Lorenzi	7-6(4) 5-7 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2016	R64	Marcel Granollers	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2016	R128	Lukas Rosol	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data