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ATP Winston Salem, USAMen's Singles · Round of 64 · HardCompleted
Rinky Hijikata
677
Darwin Blanch
462
6-4, 7-6(2)Stadium1h 38m

Keys to Victory

5 of 7
Break points saved
Hijikata saved 5 of the 7 break points faced.
On-air one-liner
Hijikata broke serve three times and saved 5 of 7 break points to outlast Blanch 6-4, 7-6(2) in Winston Salem.
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Game flow

HijikataBlanch▼ break of serve
Set 141 min▾
1-01-12-12-23-23-34-34-45-4▼6-4
6-4
Break
Hijikata615303040
Blanch4001515
Hijikata51515303040
Blanch4015153030
Hijikata41515303030
Blanch4015153040
Hijikata4153030303040Ad
Blanch3001530404040
Hijikata3015151530
Blanch31515304040
Hijikata31515153040
Blanch2015303030
Hijikata20015153040Ad4040
Blanch21530304040404040Ad
Hijikata215303040
Blanch1001515
Hijikata1001515
Blanch115303040
Hijikata115153040
Blanch00151515

Hijikata broke for 6-4 to take the set, with Blanch's resistance a deuce hold for 2-2 and another for 4-3 saving break points.

Set 257 min▾
1-0▼2-0▼2-12-23-2▼4-2▼4-34-45-45-56-56-6TB7-6
7-62
TB
Hijikata712345556
Blanch600000122
Hijikata60151515
Blanch615153040
Hijikata61515153040
Blanch5015303030
Hijikata5000
Blanch5153040
Hijikata515153040
Blanch40151515
Hijikata4000
Blanch4153040
Break
Hijikata415151515304040
Blanch301530404040Ad
Break
Hijikata4153040
Blanch2000
Hijikata31515304040
Blanch2015151530
Hijikata215153030404040
Blanch201515303040Ad
Break
Hijikata201530303040404040
Blanch1151515304040Ad40Ad
Break
Hijikata20153040
Blanch015151515
Hijikata1153040
Blanch0000

Hijikata broke for 2-0 and again for 4-2, but Blanch broke for 1-2 in a 6 minute deuce game and again for 3-4, forcing a tiebreak Hijikata won.

Match Stats

HijikataBlanch
5
Aces
6
3
Double faults
2
66%
1st serve in
50%
73%
1st serve pts won
79%
3/5 (60%)
Break points won
2/7 (29%)
9/11 (82%)
Service games won
8/11 (73%)
3/11 (27%)
Return games won
2/11 (18%)
27/66 (41%)
Return points won
25/74 (34%)
76
Total points won
64
Data note
AI recap generated from set scores + aggregate match statistics.