Brandon Nakashima mullers Rinky Hijikata 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Houston on Wednesday after playing an impressive match to deal with Ben Shelton in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes.
The American added to his prize money $ 8,385 after winning this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Rinky Hijikata US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 59 points vs. Rinky’s 34.
Nakashima
Brandon served very well to win 94% of the points (29/31) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (9/13) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Hijikata
On the other side, Rinky wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nakashima and Hijikata is 1-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Nakashima will fight against Shelton in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Ben Shelton since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (3-1) – H2H details and stats