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H2H, PREDICTION Brandon Nakashima vs Liam Broady | Belgrade Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Belgrade Challenger. Nakashima and Broady will clash against each other in the quarter of the Belgrade Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

15 April 2021

Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Liam Broady

Brandon Nakashima and Liam Broady will clash against each other in the quarter of the Belgrade Challenger for the 2^nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.68
Liam Broady -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Liam Broady

This will be the 2^nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Liam Broady face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Nakashima won 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Indian Wells Challenger back in 2020.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 142, Nakashima reached the quarter after defeating Elliot Benchetrit 6-7⁷ 6-1 6-0 and Hugo Dellien 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Dellien (6-2 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 67 points vs Dellien’s 48. Brandon was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 64% of his first serves in, winning 63% (20/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Dellien 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nakashima started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (81-41). 2-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a 9-6 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger.

Brandon has a 15-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Belgrade Challenger

Nakashima has never competed in this tournament before.

Belgrade Challenger

Nakashima's Record

Liam Broady

Ranked no. 148 (career high), Liam got to the quarter after defeating Nikola Milojevic 6-3 6-4 and Sebastian Ofner 4-6 6-1 7-5.

In the 2^nd round against Ofner, Liam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Broady scored 96 points vs Ofner’s 85. Broady was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Broady scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Liam Broady lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 64% of his first serves in, winning 58% (34/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Ofner 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Broady started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Broady’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger and the Biella 3 Challenger.

Liam has a 20-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Belgrade Challenger

Broady's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Nakashima

L.Broady

3h:20

Time on court

3h:56

1h:20

Last match

2h:22

Match played

Games Played

Set played

164

Total points

158

Avg point

Winners

28.5

Avg Winners

32.5

35%

Ratio winners

41%

-- Serve --

Aces

Avg Aces

1.5

Double Faults

2.5

Avg Double Faults

57/85

1st won total

65/103

67%

1st won %

63%

26/37

2nd won total

30/57

70%

2nd won %

53%

-- Break Points --

12/27

BP won

11/19

6/13.5

Avg BP won

5.5/9.5

44%

Won

58%

Conceded

2.5

Avg Conceded

Broken

1.5

Avg Broken

3.5

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Broady
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	42	48
Pts	164-115	158-138
Total Points	279	296
Winners	57	65
%Winners	35%	41%

Both Nakashima and Broady played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima conceded 1 set, while Liam Broady conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Broady have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Nakashima played 6 games less than Broady. Nakashima scored 57 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Liam recorded 65 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Broady
Aces	4	3
Avg per match	2	1.5
1st in	85/122	103/160
%1st in	70%	64%
1st pts	57/85	65/103
%1st pts	67%	63%
2nd pts	26/37	30/57
%2nd pts	70%	53%

Nakashima bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Broady bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Nakashima won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Broady
Won	12	11
Converted	12/27	11/19
% Converted	44%	58%
Conceded	5	14
Saved	2	7
% Saved	40%	50%
Times Broken	3	7

The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Broady broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Benchetrit	R2 Dellien	Total
Nakashima
Score	6-7⁷ 6-1 6-0	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	26	16	42
pts	97-67	67-48	164-115
Total points	164	115	279
Winners	37	20	57
%Winners	38%	30%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	53/72	32/50	85/122
% 1st in	74%	64%	70%
1st pts	37/53	20/32	57/85
% 1st pts	70%	63%	67%
2nd pts	15/19	11/18	26/37
% 2nd pts	79%	61%	70%
Breaks
Won	6	6	12
Converted	6/13	6/14	12/27
Converted %	46%	43%	44%
Conceded	1	4	5
Saved	0/1	2/4	2
Saved %	0%	50%	25%
Times Broken	1	2	3

	R1 Milojevic	R2 Ofner	Total
Broady
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-1 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	29	48
pts	62-53	96-85	158-138
Total points	115	181	296
Winners	31	34	65
%Winners	50%	35%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	44/68	59/92	103/160
% 1st in	65%	64%	64%
1st pts	31/44	34/59	65/103
% 1st pts	70%	58%	63%
2nd pts	13/24	17/33	30/57
% 2nd pts	54%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	8	11
Converted	3/3	8/16	11/19
Converted %	100%	50%	58%
Conceded	4	10	14
Saved	3/4	4/10	7
Saved %	75%	40%	58%
Times Broken	1	6	7