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ATP Paris, FranceMen's Singles · Quarterfinal · HardCompleted
Luca Van Assche
6647
Rinky Hijikata
4775
6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5Court Central2h 45m

Keys to Victory

4
Breaks of serve
Van Assche broke serve 4 times to Hijikata's 2.
5 of 7
Break points saved
Van Assche saved 5 of the 7 break points faced.
13
Aces
Van Assche struck 13 aces to Hijikata's 7.
On-air one-liner
Luca Van Assche def. Rinky Hijikata 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5. Van Assche broke serve 4 times to Hijikata's 2.
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Game flow

Van AsscheHijikata▼ break of serve
Set 141 min▾
0-11-11-22-22-33-33-44-4▼5-46-4
6-4
Van Assche615153040
Hijikata40151515
Break
Van Assche51530404040
Hijikata40001530
Van Assche4153040
Hijikata4000
Van Assche315151530404040
Hijikata401530303040Ad
Van Assche3015303040
Hijikata31515153030
Van Assche2015303030
Hijikata31515153040
Van Assche2153040
Hijikata2000
Van Assche1015303030
Hijikata21515153040
Van Assche100153040
Hijikata11530303030
Van Assche01530303030
Hijikata100153040

Van Assche broke for 5-4 to take the set 6-4, with Hijikata's sole resistance a deuce hold for 4-3 saving one break point.

Set 268 min▾
0-1▼0-20-31-3▼2-33-33-44-44-55-55-66-6TB6-7
64-7
TB
Van Assche60122222234
Hijikata71112345666
Van Assche600153040
Hijikata61530303030
Van Assche50151515
Hijikata615153040
Van Assche5151515303040Ad
Hijikata50153030404040
Van Assche4015153030
Hijikata51515303040
Van Assche4015151530404040Ad
Hijikata4151530404040Ad4040
Van Assche31530303030
Hijikata400153040
Van Assche3151515304040Ad404040Ad
Hijikata3015303030404040Ad4040
Break
Van Assche2153040
Hijikata3000
Van Assche11515303040
Hijikata3015153030
Van Assche0000
Hijikata3153040
Break
Van Assche0015303030
Hijikata21515153040
Van Assche015153030304040
Hijikata101515304040Ad

Breaks traded, then a tiebreak, Hijikata took it 7-4.

Set 356 min▾
▼0-10-21-2▼2-23-23-34-34-45-45-56-5▼7-5
7-5
Break
Van Assche7153040
Hijikata5000
Van Assche60153040
Hijikata515151515
Van Assche51530303030
Hijikata500153040
Van Assche515304040
Hijikata400015
Van Assche4001515
Hijikata415303040
Van Assche415153040
Hijikata30151515
Van Assche31515303030
Hijikata3015153040
Van Assche3153040
Hijikata2000
Break
Van Assche21530304040
Hijikata200151530
Van Assche1015303040
Hijikata21515153030
Van Assche01515153030
Hijikata2015303040
Break
Van Assche0001515
Hijikata115303040

Hijikata broke for 1-0 but Van Assche broke for 2-2 and again for 7-5, clinching the set after trading holds through the middle.

Match Stats

Van AsscheHijikata
13
Aces
7
3
Double faults
2
66%
1st serve in
65%
77%
1st serve pts won
73%
4/7 (57%)
Break points won
2/7 (29%)
14/16 (88%)
Service games won
13/17 (76%)
4/17 (24%)
Return games won
2/16 (12%)
37/99 (37%)
Return points won
36/104 (35%)
105
Total points won
98
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.