Mackenzie Mcdonald beats Nakashima in the 1st round – CINCINNATI RESULTS

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Mcdonald dispatches Nakashima to take on Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Mackenzie Mcdonald overcomes Brandon Nakashima 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Monday in what was an all-American match. Mcdonald will engage against Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2013 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Mcdonald's Record

Mackenzie added to his prize money $ 17,850 after winning this match. He has won already $ 41,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mcdonald will add $ 26,825 to his earnings to get in total $ 68,325 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mcdonald
Nakashima
Mackenzie Mcdonald
7-5 6-2
1h:30
Brandon Nakashima
72
72
Total points
54
54
27
27
Winners
23
23
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
6
6
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
50%
50%
1st in
53%
53%
84%
84%
1st won
70%
70%
27/32
27/32
1st won
23/33
23/33
63%
63%
2nd won
48%
48%
20/32
20/32
2nd won
14/29
14/29
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/6
0/6
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Mackenzie scored 72 points vs. Brandon’s 54.

Mcdonald

Mcdonald served pretty well to win 84% of the points (27/32) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (20/32) on his second serve. Mackenzie won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Nakashima

On the other side, Brandon wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Mcdonald and Nakashima is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Mcdonald will come up against Medvedev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Daniil Medvedev clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Medvedev won 6-4 6-2 6-3 in the 4th round in Melbourne back in February 2021.

Mackenzie Mcdonald Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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0
0
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Mackenzie conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).

Mackenzie converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Brandon was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 75 points. Mackenzie was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than Brandon (40-35). Mackenzie surrendered 12 points on serve (29-12). On the other side, Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).

2nd Set -
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Mcdonald in this set didn’t concede much to Nakashima and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Brandon in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Mcdonald converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Brandon wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).

They played 50 points. Mackenzie won 14 more points than Nakashima (32-18). Mackenzie surrendered 5 points on serve (18-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Nakashima conceded 14 points on serve (13-14).

 

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