Marcos Baghdatis vs Yoshihito NishiokaIndian Wells Masters Round of 128

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 128
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 March 2018
hard
#177ATP
1689ELO
1659Hard ELO
$42kYTD
$7.5MCAREER
30 yrs · 170 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Baghdatis M.
7-5 3-6 7-5
Nishioka Y.
Baghdatis M.
7372
Nishioka Y.
5651

Marcos Baghdatis defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5 3-6 7-5 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 128 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yoshihito Nishioka came in defending last year's round of 16, but Marcos Baghdatis had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Baghdatis M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Nishioka Y.

Nishioka Y.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Baghdatis M.

Serve advantage — Baghdatis M.

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 season
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
54%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.0
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (66 vs 197). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
59
84
Break points saved·Even
92
95
Break points won·Clear edge
36
59
Deciding sets·Dominant
64
98
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
81
97

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
19°CClear
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 10%