Takuto Niki vs Shintaro Imai — Kobe CH Qualifying Round 2
Kobe CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 November 2017
hard
Niki T.6-3 6-4
Imai S.
Niki T.
662
Imai S.
340
Takuto Niki defeated Shintaro Imai 6-3 6-4 in the Kobe CH qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Shintaro Imai came in defending last year's round of 32.
Key context
- Match story: Takuto Niki closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.
Head to head
No previous meetings on record.
Serve vs return
This seasonEven serve battle
Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
56%
59%
Aces / match·Even
4.9
5.4
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.9
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (37 vs 75). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Q3
Watanuki Y.[4]
Tokuda R.
7-636-4
Miedler L.[3]
Niki T.
4-66-36-3
Fukuda S.[6]
Yang T.[2]
6-46-2
Matosevic M.[8]
Ochi M.
6-37-5
Q2
Miedler L.[3]
Ito Y.
6-36-4
Niki T.
Imai S.[5]
6-36-4
Tokuda R.
Bai Y.
4-66-46-3
Watanuki Y.[4]
Nakagawa N.
6-17-62
Yang T.[2]
Gao X.
6-26-2
Ochi M.
Purcell M.[1]
5-76-36-1
Q1
Miedler L.[3]
Yamasaki J.
6-46-1
Imai S.[5]
Rungkat C.
W/O
Bai Y.
Takeuchi K.[7]
5-77-666-4
Tokuda R.
Onoda K.
6-07-61
Nakagawa N.
Tashiro Y.
6-36-1
Niki T.
Okamura I.
3-66-26-2
Ito Y.
Hung J.
6-26-4
Fukuda S.[6]
Sakai Y.
6-16-3
Yang T.[2]
Shimabukuro S.
6-36-4
Matosevic M.[8]
Mochizuki Y.
6-46-3
Ochi M.
Kim C.
6-46-3
Purcell M.[1]
Hazawa S.
7-666-2