Indian Wells Masters · R64 · Hard · 10 Mar 2023
Cristian Garin v Yoshihito Nishioka
56–40 in points · Cristian Garin won
Why it went the way it did
Cristian Garin won 8.3 more points than Yoshihito Nishioka relative to what the serve alone predicted. Yoshihito Nishioka's biggest leaks: backhand execution −3.4, slice shot selection −1.1, net execution −1.1.
Each shot moves its hitter's chance of winning the point. Those moves are split into direction choice, shot selection and execution, and summed here. Read both columns together: one player's gain is the other's loss.
| Shot | Cristian Garin | Yoshihito Nishioka | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | Dir | Sel | Exec | Total | |
| Serve 1st | ±0.0 | −0.1 | +3.7 | +3.6 | −0.2 | −0.1 | +0.7 | +0.4 |
| Serve 2nd | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | −0.5 |
| Return | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.9 | +2.7 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.8 | +1.9 |
| Forehand | −1.4 | +1.3 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.8 | +1.6 | +0.4 | +1.2 |
| Backhand | −0.2 | +0.3 | −1.6 | −1.5 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | −3.4 | −3.6 |
| Slice | −0.2 | −1.1 | +0.6 | −0.7 | −0.2 | −1.1 | +0.3 | −1.1 |
| Net | −0.6 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.4 | −1.0 | +0.4 | −1.1 | −1.7 |
| Touch | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | −0.1 |
| All shots | −2.1 | +1.8 | +5.2 | +4.9 | −2.4 | +0.7 | −1.8 | −3.4 |
Set by set
| Set | Cristian Garin | Yoshihito Nishioka | Net, Cristian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +0.7 | +1.5 | −0.8 | |
| 2 | +4.2 | −5.0 | +9.1 |
Adaptation
First-serve direction mix set by set, with the share of points each direction won. The scores measure whether the server moved toward the directions that had been winning earlier in this match, set to set and every two to three service games, in points per 100 first serves. Read them as a habit, not a gain: across the tour, a direction's edge in early sets barely predicts the later ones. Whether the returner responded can't be told apart from noise within one match.
Cristian Garin serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28% 78% | 6% 50% | 66% 67% |
| 2 | 20% 100% | 7% 0% | 73% 82% |
Set to set −0.04 per 100 first serves in sets 2+
Within sets −0.69 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Yoshihito Nishioka serving
| Set | Wide | Body | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35% 63% | 9% 100% | 57% 77% |
| 2 | 31% 25% | 23% 50% | 46% 42% |
Within sets +0.58 per 100 first serves, every two to three service games
Counterfactual: the best direction every time
If each shot had gone in the direction that is usually worth most for that stroke and position, this is how many more points each player would expect to win. It's an upper bound: the best direction isn't always on, and the chart can't see the ball's pace or position.
Cristian Garin
6.7 points left on the table across 185 shots 3.62 per 100 shots
- Serve +1: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×7; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.87 pts
- Serve +1: slice to your middle hit FH through the middle ×4; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.58 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×6; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.34 pts
- Long rally, 9+: volley to your middle, opponent at net, you at net hit FH volley through the middle ×1; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.32 pts
Yoshihito Nishioka
7.7 points left on the table across 173 shots 4.44 per 100 shots
- Serve +1: drive to your middle hit FH through the middle ×5; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.62 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your backhand side, you at net hit BH volley through the middle ×2; BH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.52 pts
- Rally, shots 5–8: drive to your middle, you at net hit FH volley through the middle ×2; FH volley crosscourt rates higher · 0.43 pts
- Serve +1: drive to your forehand side hit FH through the middle ×3; FH crosscourt rates higher · 0.43 pts