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Novak Djokovic #18 def. Kei Nishikori #24

2-6 6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 19, 2018*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	2-6 6-1 6-3
Loser	Kei Nishikori
Duration	2h 21m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Aces	4	2
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	67	58
Second serve points won %	40	34
Break points saved %	56	40
Break points converted %	60	44
Service points won %	58	49
Return points won %	51	42
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Kei Nishikori
Country	SRB	JPN
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 29, 1989
Age	30	28
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	24
Ranking points (entering)	1,905	1,665
Elo (entering)	2,156	2,080
Career W-L	1,122–223	424–226
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$26,091,290

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 14 – 2 Kei Nishikori

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2018	R64	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2018	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kei Nishikori's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2018	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 16, 2018	R32	Grigor Dimitrov	6-7(4) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 15, 2018	R64	Feliciano Lopez	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data