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Kei Nishikori #54 def. Nicolas Almagro #11

6-7(5) 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 1, 2011*
Tournament Kuala Lumpur
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Kei Nishikori
Score6-7(5) 6-4 6-4
Loser Nicolas Almagro
Duration2h 15m
StatKei NishikoriNicolas Almagro
Aces52
Double faults45
First serve %6155
First serve points won %6872
Second serve points won %5855
Break points saved %6033
Break points converted %6740
Service points won %6464
Return points won %3636
Total points won %5149

Pre-match Comparison

FieldKei NishikoriNicolas Almagro
Country JPN ESP
Birth dateDec 29, 1989Aug 21, 1985
Age2126
Height178183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)5411
Ranking points (entering)8102,300
Elo (entering)1,8011,959
Career W-L424–226385–272
Career earnings$26,091,290$10,752,234
Pre-match H2H
Kei Nishikori 0 0 Nicolas Almagro

Path

Kei Nishikori's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 30, 2011R16 Philipp Petzschner 6-3 4-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
Sep 29, 2011R32 Teymuraz Gabashvili 3-6 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data

Kei Nishikori's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 1, 2011SF Janko Tipsarevic 4-6 3-6LH2HMatch data

Nicolas Almagro's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 30, 2011R16 Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(2) 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data