Matteo Berrettini defeats Brandon Nakashima 4-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Berrettini will clash against Stefan Kozlov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Italian added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Brandon Nakashima Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 128 points vs. Brandon’s 118.
Berrettini
The Italian fired 21 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Italian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Nakashima
On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Nakashima is 1-0 for Matteo.
Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Stefan Kozlov – stats
Berrettini will play Kozlov in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
Brandon was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. Nakashima was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Berrettini (36-24). Nakashima was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).
Berrettini got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). Berrettini improved his lead after breaking the American in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Berrettini converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Matteo conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Nakashima (28-16). Berrettini conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Berrettini won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Matteo won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 9th (6-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5), 7th (2-5), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.
Matteo won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Berrettini wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Berrettini won just 2 points more than Nakashima (42-40). Berrettini dropped 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Italian missed the chance to break Brandon in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
The Italian converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 60 points. Berrettini won 6 points more than the American (33-27). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
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