
Casper Ruud clobbers Brandon Nakashima 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Barcelona on Tuesday after playing a remarkable match. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
Ruud added to his prize money € 16,090 after winning this match. He has won already € 35,555 after this win. If he wins the next match, Casper will add € 31,925 to his earnings to get in total € 67,480 in total.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs. Brandon Nakashima Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Norwegian scored 69 points vs. Brandon’s 55.
Ruud
Ruud didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Nakashima
On the other side, Nakashima was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Ruud and Nakashima is 1-0 for Casper.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Casper to win the set because Brandon found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Norwegian maintained his focus to break Brandon in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Norwegian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40). Also, on the other side, Nakashima converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A).
They contested 75 points. The Norwegian was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than the American (40-35). Casper lost 20 points on serve (25-20). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).
Ruud was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). Ruud managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Ruud converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Casper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Ruud conquered the set after winning 9 more points than Nakashima (29-20). Casper lost 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).
Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Casper RuudRuud – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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