Atlanta
Nishioka navigates 5 hours of rain, beats Thompson to win Atlanta title
Japanese lefty wins third tour-level trophy
July 29, 2024
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Yoshihito Nishioka wins the title in Atlanta.
By ATP Employees
Yoshihito Nishioka overcame Jordan Thompson and greater than 5 hours value of rain delays to win the Atlanta Open. The 28-year-old rallied previous the fourth seed 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2, securing his first tour-level title since 2022 at 12:37 a.m. native time Monday.
“That is a tremendous feeling,” Nishioka stated. “Right now’s battle, it was large coming again. I believe the rain was very dangerous for Thompson. I simply acquired some luck from the rain. On the finish, [I was] enjoying wonderful. Third title, which I could not consider originally of the 12 months, so that is a tremendous feeling.”
The match was first suspended as a consequence of rain with Thompson main 6-4, 4-5. Three factors into the resumption of play after an approximate 45-minute delay, heavy precipitation compelled the gamers off courtroom, this time for greater than four-and-a-half hours.
The Japanese participant battled by way of uncharacteristic forehand errors at first of the match, ultimately sharpening his groundstrokes to outlast Thompson in baseline rallies.
The lefty broke Thompson’s serve within the opening recreation of the third set and raced to the end line, extending his excellent Lexus ATP Head2Head file in opposition to the Aussie to 5-0, with all of their conferences having gone to a deciding set.
Nishioka saved 10 of the 11 break factors he confronted, in accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, to say his third tour-level title (2018 Shenzhen, 2022 Seoul). Within the last version of the Atlanta Open, Nishioka turned the one champion not from the USA (10) or Australia (3).
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