Nishikori vs Popyrin: where will the Japanese start?

Nishikori vs Popyrin: where will the Japanese start?

The Aussie hasn't played a tie-break in 3 of his last 4 matches. In the last four matches of Popyrin in the first set have been played at least ten games.

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Kei Nishikori

Before Wimbledon, Nishikori took part in only one tournament on the grass. In the German city of Halle, he had two fights. In one of them the Japanese managed to beat Ricardas Berankis (6-3, 2-6, 6-2), but already in the second he was defeated by Sebastian Korda (6-2, 3-6, 5-7).

Despite the fact that it is difficult for Kay to play on the grass, he has been showing great play at Wimbledon lately. In 2018 and 2019 he reached the quarterfinals here. For example, in the last match he was stopped only by Roger Federer. Now the Japanese is not averse to repeating his achievement.

Alexei Popyrin

Popyrin played a lot more on the grass this season than the Japanese. He began his preparations for Wimbledon with a tournament in Stuttgart, where he lost to Feliciano Lopez (4-6, 4-6) in the first match. After that there was London and another defeat. This time Alexey lost to Daniel Evans (4-6, 4-6). The Australian won his first victory on grass of the season only in Eastbourne, when he beat Norbert Gombosch in three games (4-6, 6-4, 6-1). But in the next match he lost to Ilya Ivashka (7-6, 5-7, 3-6).

The year before last, Popyrin reached the second round at Wimbledon. Then he lost in four games to Daniil Medvedev.

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