Alexander Zverev and Brandon Nakashima will square off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1 pm on Louis Armstrong Stadium. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.22
Brandon Nakashima -> 4.1

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 7, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Kevin Anderson 7-62 5-7 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, The German defeated Anderson (7-62 5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match Zverev scored 140 points vs Anderson’s 126. Zverev was extremely aggressive to blast 78 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev fired 18 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alexander Zverev lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 67% of his first serves in, winning 86% (78/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Anderson 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Zverev has a losing win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 35% of his matches (618-332). 7-6 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zverev has a 321-178 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open .

Alexander has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year at the U.S. Open

The German didn’t compete at the U.S. Open in 2019.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 223, Nakashima reached the 2nd round after defeating Paolo Lorenzi 6-3 6-2 7-63.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lorenzi (6-3 6-2 7-63). During the match Nakashima scored 100 points vs Lorenzi’s 71. Brandon was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakashima blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (50/58) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Lorenzi 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Nakashima has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (161-71). 12-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nakashima has a 63-31 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe.

The American has a 17-7 win-loss record in 2020, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)
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Last year at the U.S. Open

Nakashima didn’t play at the U.S. Open in 2019.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev Nakashima
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 3
Tot Games 46 30
Pts 140-126 100-71
Total Points 266 171
Winners 78 50
%Winners 56% 50%

Both Zverev and Nakashima played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Zverev surrendered 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set more than Nakashima (4 vs 3). Therefore, Zverev played 16 games more than Nakashima. Alexander scored 78 winners (56% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima made 50 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev Nakashima
Aces 18 9
Avg per match 18 9
1st in 91/135 58/87
%1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 78/91 50/58
%1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 20/44 18/29
%2nd pts 45% 62%

Zverev struck 18 aces . Nakashima managed to score 9 aces . Zverev won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zverev Nakashima
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
% Converted 75% 75%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 3 2
% Saved 60% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Zverev broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Alexander lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Zverev
R1
Anderson		 Total
Score 7-62 5-7 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 46 46
pts 140-126 140-126
Total points 266 266
Winners 78 78
%Winners 56% 56%
SERVE
Aces 18 18
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 91/135 91/135
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 78/91 78/91
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 20/44 20/44
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Nakashima
R1
Lorenzi		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 7-63
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 100-71 100-71
Total points 171 171
Winners 50 50
%Winners 50% 50%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 58/87 58/87
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 50/58 50/58
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 18/29 18/29
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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  • Sumit NagalNagal – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-1 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
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  • Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Go SoedaSoeda (7-65 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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  • Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (7-63 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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