Brandon Nakashima surprises Paul in the 2nd round to clash vs Rublev at the National Bank Open – MONTREAL RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - MONTREAL DRAW AND RESULTS. Nakashima shocks Paul to face Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Tommy Paul

Brandon Nakashima upsets Tommy Paul 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1 in the 2nd round in Montreal on Thursday in what was an all-American clash. Nakashima will clash against Andrey Rublev in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 13 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nakashima
Montreal
Nakashima's Record

Brandon added to his prize money $ 42,405 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 91,435 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 79,505 to his earnings to get in total $ 170,940 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Paul
Brandon Nakashima
6-2 6-75 6-1
2h:13
Tommy Paul
105
105
Total points
81
81
43
43
Winners
39
39
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
70%
70%
1st in
59%
59%
72%
72%
1st won
66%
66%
43/60
43/60
1st won
39/59
39/59
73%
73%
2nd won
44%
44%
19/26
19/26
2nd won
18/41
18/41
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
0/2
0/2
38%
38%
Won
0%
0%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Brandon scored 105 points vs. Tommy’s 81.

Nakashima

Brandon won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points since he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Paul

On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Paul is 3-1 for Brandon.

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Nakashima will fight against Rublev in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 6-4 7-66 in the 2nd round in Barcelona back in April 2024.

Brandon Nakashima Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nakashima 6-2
NakashimaPaul
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaPaul
6
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
NakashimaPaul
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NakashimaPaul
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
NakashimaPaul
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
NakashimaPaul
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
NakashimaPaul
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
NakashimaPaul
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
NakashimaPaul
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

Brandon in this set played much better tennis than Tommy and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Tommy in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Nakashima failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 30.

Nakashima converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Tommy wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 67 points. Nakashima won 13 more points than Paul (40-27). Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (25-11). on the other side of the net, Tommy conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

2nd Set -
Paul 7-6
PaulNakashima
7
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
PaulNakashima
7
6
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
5
PaulNakashima
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
PaulNakashima
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
PaulNakashima
5
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
PaulNakashima
4
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
PaulNakashima
4
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
PaulNakashima
3
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
PaulNakashima
3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
PaulNakashima
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
PaulNakashima
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PaulNakashima
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
PaulNakashima
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30

Paul won the set after he broke Brandon .

Paul wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, Brandon was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 88 points. Tommy won 4 points more than Nakashima (46-42). Tommy lost 21 points on serve (38-21). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 8 points on serve (21-8).

3rd Set -
Nakashima 6-1
NakashimaPaul
6
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
NakashimaPaul
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
NakashimaPaul
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
NakashimaPaul
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaPaul
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaPaul
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Nakashima won the set after he broke Tommy 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Paul couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Nakashima was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 31 points. Brandon was the one to win the set after conquering 17 points more than Tommy (24-7). Brandon was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, Paul conceded 12 points on serve (4-12).

1st
Nakashima
Paul
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Nakashima
Paul
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Nakashima
Paul
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

Tennis Scores in Montreal

  • Holger RuneRune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-3)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 6-75 6-1)
  • Andrey RublevRublev – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-63 6-2)
  • Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-0)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 7-5)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-2)
  • Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-75 6-3)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 7-62 7-64)
  • Alexander ZverevZverev – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-1 6-1)
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-4 1-6 6-2)
  • Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 7-64)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 6-4)

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