Yoshihito Nishioka beats Rinderknech in the semi-finals to set up a battle against Thompson. HIGHLIGHTS – ATLANTA RESULTS – Tennis Tonic

ATLANTA OPEN – ATLANTA DRAW AND RESULTS. Nishioka beats Rinderknech to face Jordan Thompson in the final

Yoshihito Nishioka beat Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the semi-finals in Atlanta on Saturday. Nishioka will play Jordan Thompson in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. Previously, reaching the semi-finals in 2016 was the best he could do. Here is his history in this event.

Yoshihito added $27,635 to his prize money after winning this match. He has already won $67,070 after this victory. If he wins the next match, Nishioka will add $47,900 to his earnings for a total of $114,970.

Highlights Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Arthur Rinderknech Atlanta Open – Atlanta

Statistics: Aces, Double Faults, Breaks, Winners

At the end of the match the Japanese scored 91 points vs. Rinderknech’s 88.

Nishioka

Nishioka did not lose focus in converting 50%

of the break points he obtained (4/8).

Rinderknech

On the other hand, the French player had some problems converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the main reasons for his loss.

After this encounter the score between Nishioka and Rinderknech is 1-0 in favor of Yoshihito.

Draw and next match H2H: Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Jordan Thompson – stats

Nishioka will face Thompson in the final.

This will be the 7^e time Yoshihito Nishioka and Jordan Thompson clash. The head to head is 5-1 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.

Live score progress and statistics

Nishioka had a great start in this set after breaking Arthur Rinderknech in the 1^st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was still more work to be done for the Japanese to win the set, as Arthur managed to break back in the 4^e (2-2) game. Nishioka kept his focus to break Rinderknech in the 5^e (3-2) and in the 9^e (6-3) game.

The Japanese failed to serve out the set when they were in the lead 6-3 be broken at the age of 15.

Nishioka converted 60% of his breakpoints (3/5). He had 5 breakpoint chances in the 1^st (0-0 30-40), the 5^e (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9^e game (5-3 15-40). On the other hand, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point he won in the 3-0.^rd game (1-2 40-A).

They contested 60 points. The Japanese was the one who won the set after he won 8 points more than Rinderknech (34-26The Japanese dropped 12 points on their serve (20-12). on the other side of the net the French player conceded 14 points on his serve (14-14).

2nd set –

Rinderknech 6-4

The set was even, both players refused to give in to their opponents. In the end the only difference was a break that Arthur managed to pull in the 7^e game (4-3) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

Rinderknech was flawless in converting all his break points in the 7^e (3-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 11^e game (6-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other hand, Nishioka was unable to convert 1 break point in the 6^e game (3-2 30-40).

They played 68 points. Arthur was the one who won the set after winning 8 points more than the Japanese (38-30). Rinderknech scored 8 points on his serve (21-8). Moreover, on the other side, Nishioka conceded 17 points on his serve (22-17).

The set was fairly even as both players managed to hold their serve, with the notable exception of one break which Yoshihito managed to overcome to make it 10-0.^e game (6-4).

Nishioka converted 50% of his breakpoints (1/2). He had 2 breakpoint chances in the 10^e game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Nishioka, on the other hand, did not give away a single break point in this set.

They contested 51 points. The set was a huge battle, as in the end the Japanese won only 3 points more than Arthur (27-24). The Japanese was extremely solid in his service and conceded only 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Arthur conceded 11 points on his serve (21-11).