

What Time Will Yoshihito Nishioka Play Against Miomir Kecmanovic?
Nishioka and Kecmanovic are on the Day 1 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Monday 26 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Yoshihito Nishioka and Miomir Kecmanovic have faced each other four times and their head-to-head series is tied at 2-2. In their most recent match at the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells on hard court, Kecmanovic won by default when Nishioka retired, with a score of 6-4. Their second meeting took place at the ATP Masters 1000 Rome on clay court, where Nishioka emerged as the winner with a score of 6-4, 6-1. They also played against each other in Tokyo on hard court, with Kecmanovic winning in three sets, 2-6, 7-6(1), 6-2. The fourth match took place at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati on hard court, where Nishioka defeated Kecmanovic with a score of 6-4, 7-5.
Additionally, Nishioka has had some notable achievements in his career. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 24 in June 2023 after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 Australian Open and Roland Garros for the first time in his career. He earned his biggest career win by defeating No. 2 Ruud en route to winning his second ATP Tour title at the 2022 Seoul tournament. He also had remarkable comebacks in the 2018 Shenzhen tournament as a qualifier, saving two match points against Shapovalov to win his first title, and in the 2020 Delray Beach and 2022 Washington tournaments, rallying from a set down multiple times before reaching the finals and
claiming his third title in 2024 Atlanta. Furthermore, he defeated his countryman and World No. 5 Nishikori en route to the quarterfinals of the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati as a qualifier.
Kecmanovic, on the other hand, broke into the top 40 after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2020 Kitzbuhel tournament, where he defeated Hanfmann, and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 27 in January 2023. He reached the finals of the 2023 Delray Beach and Estoril tournaments, finishing as the runner-up to No. 7 Fritz and No. 5 Ruud, respectively. In 2022, he had a successful season with 38 wins, reaching the fourth round of the Australian Open and the third round of both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. He also made it to the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in Indian Wells as a lucky loser, as well as in Indian Wells and Miami in 2022, and recorded his biggest career win against No. 6 Berrettini in the fourth round of the 2022 Indian Wells tournament. In 2019, he reached the semifinals of the Next Gen ATP Finals by defeating Ruud and Davidovich Fokina before losing to eventual champion Sinner. In his junior career, Kecmanovic defeated Tsitsipas in a third-set tiebreak to win the 2015 Orange Bowl title and finished 2016 as the World No. 1 junior ahead of Tsitsipas, who was ranked No. 2.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Nishioka will win.
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