A look at Novak Djokovic vs Yoshihito Nishioka at the French Open ATP 2022 match in the first round and its prediction
Novak Djokovic’s journey at his favourite surface starts tomorrow at the Roland Garros tournament against Yoshihito Nishioka. Let us have a look at their previous encounters, their current form, and head-to-head records.
Novak Djokovic vs Yoshihito Nishioka ATP French Open Tennis 2022 Men’s Singles First Round Schedule, Date, Time, Prediction, Head To Head
Novak Djokovic vs Yoshihito Nishioka ATP French Open 2022 First Round, H2H Record
Venue: Paris, France
Prize Money: €21, 256, 800
May 24, 2022, Tuesday
The Tickets for the tournament can be purchased here.
When Are Where To Watch: Live Stream And TV Telecast
USA UK INDIA
Time: 6:45 am GMT 12:15 am IST (Subject to change)
Channel: Tennis Channel, NBC Sports, Peacock TV | Eurosport, and discovery+ | Sony TEN
Head To Head: 1-0
Novak Djokovic and Yoshihito Nishioka have met only once before, two years back at the Australian Open third round where the Serbian beat the Japanese in three sets.
Prediction
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic is set to start his French Open journey tomorrow against Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka. This is going to be his first Grand Slam of season 2022 as he was not able to defend his title at the Australian Open following a controversial medical exemption that resulted in his visa calculation twice.
The No. 1 ATP player started his tennis in 2022 in Dubai and suffered an early exit. His participation in this year’s tournaments was limited because of the vaccination mandatory rules. The player then seemed to have received his form back at the home ground where he reached the final at Serbia Open losing to Andrey Rublev. He then reached the semifinal at Madrid Open before losing to eventual winner Carlos Alcaraz. The Serb finally clinched his first title recently in Italy defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.
On the other hand, Nishioka had several early departures and his best result clinching a title at Challenger Columbus, US and reaching the final at Challenger Cleveland, US as well as a quarterfinals advancement at Mexican Open before losing to No. 2 Daniil Medvedev.
The pick of the match is Serbian as he got his form back at the right time just before the Roland Garros kicked off. His string serves and powerful shots would ballot be easy to handle for the Japanese and his incompatible form.
