The men’s tennis <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2024/10/kei-nishikori-to-participate-in-challenger-in-november-tennis-news-tennis-365-tennis365-net/" title="Kei Nishikori to participate in Challenger in November – Tennis News – Tennis 365 | tennis365.net”>HPP Open (Finland/Helsinki, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) was held on the 9th in the singles semi-final between Kei Nishikori, ranked 132nd in the world, and M. Lehberg (Germany), the qualifying winner and ranked 332nd, on the center court. It was scheduled for 2 games. The first match on the same court is scheduled to start at 21:00 Japan time (14:00 local time) on the 9th.
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The two meet for the first time.
Nishikori, 34 years old and former world No. 4, played at the Slovak Open 2024 (Slovakia/Bratislava, indoor hard, ATP Challenger) last week and last June’s Caribbean Open (Puerto Rico/Palmas del Mar, hard, ATP Challenger). Since then, they have advanced to the top four in an official tournament for the first time in about 1 year and 5 months.
In this tournament, the first round will be played by qualifier N. Alvarez Varona (Spain), who is ranked 384th in the world, the second round will be played by 7th seed J. Kim (Switzerland), and the quarterfinals will be played by 4th seed J. Fearnley (UK). They have defeated and entered the final four.
Their opponent, Lehberg, won two qualifying matches to enter the main tournament. In the main match, he defeated qualifier G. Brancano (France), ranked 250th in the world, in the first round, M. Marteler (Germany), the 8th seed, in the second round, and H. Squire (Germany), ranked 190th in the quarterfinals. He advanced to the semi-finals.
Rehberg is a 21-year-old from Munich, Germany. He is 183cm tall.
This season, he has achieved stable results in ITF tournaments and Challenger tournaments, and in October, he achieved his highest ranking in the world at 312th place.
In the past, he has won once in the ITF tournament and finished runner-up once in the Challenger tournament. His record in the main tournament is 0 wins, 4 losses, and he has yet to score his first win on tour.
Although they don’t have a great track record, they have been in good shape since September, with a record of 17 wins and 4 losses in official matches, including qualifying rounds.
The winner of this match will face either 5th seed L. Nardi (Italy) or world No. 218 D. Yevseyev (Kazakhstan) in the final.
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