Brandon Nakashima and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.44
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 201, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Guilherme Clezar 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Clezar (6-2 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 63 points vs Clezar’s 39. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was quite effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nakashima broke Clezar 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Nakashima has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (65-34). 2-2 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has a 7-4 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Nakashima’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe.
Nakashima has a 19-10 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Nakashima didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 352, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Nikolas had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (6-3 6-0). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 66 points vs Bourgue’s 44. Nikolas was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sanchez-Izquierdo put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Nikolas broke Bourgue 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Sanchez-Izquierdo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cairo,M15 Palmanova and M15 Antalya.
The Spaniard has a 25-9 win-loss record in 2020, 25-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Nikolas didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 |
| Pts | 63-39 | 66-44 |
| Total Points | 102 | 110 |
| Winners | 19 | 22 |
| %Winners | 30% | 33% |
Both Nakashima and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nakashima played 1 game more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The American scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 35/51 |
| %1st in | 53% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 22/35 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 63% |
Nakashima scored 1 ace . Sanchez-Izquierdo didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nakashima won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nakashima | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 56% | 55% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Nakashima lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| Q1 Clezar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-39 | 63-39 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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