Emil Ruusuvuori and Brandon Nakashima will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.76
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Brandon Nakashima
There is no head to head record between Emil Ruusuvuori and Brandon Nakashima since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Emil Ruusuvuori
Ranked no. 78, Ruusuvuori got to the semifinal after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-63 7-5, Benoit Paire 4-6 6-4 3-0 ret. and Cameron Norrie 7-61 6-3.
In the quarter, The Finn had a good straight sets win against Norrie (7-61 6-3). During the match, Ruusuvuori scored 71 points vs Norrie’s 47. The Finn was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ruusuvuori struck 7 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Emil Ruusuvuori was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Emil was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Norrie twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emil started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Ruusuvuori has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (176-88). 12-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruusuvuori has a composed74-26 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Ruusuvuori has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2021, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Ruusuvuori has never competed in this tournament before.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 115 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after beating Trent Bryde 6-1 6-75 6-4, Milos Raonic 5-7 6-3 7-64 and Jordan Thompson 7-65 7-5.
In the quarter, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Thompson (7-65 7-5). During the match Nakashima scored 72 points vs Thompson’s 66. Nakashima was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima scored 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was very effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 74% (23/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Thompson twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Brandon’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger and Los Cabos.
Nakashima has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2021, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 89 |
| Pts | 261-209 | 274-245 |
| Total Points | 470 | 519 |
| Winners | 106 | 119 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Nakashima played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emil Ruusuvuori lost 1 set, while Brandon Nakashima dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Ruusuvuori and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Ruusuvuori played 19 games less than Nakashima. Ruusuvuori scored 106 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 119 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 9 |
| 1st in | 145/222 | 150/259 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 106/145 | 119/150 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 50/77 | 66/109 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 61% |
Ruusuvuori managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Nakashima scored 27 aces (9 per match). Ruusuvuori won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 37% | 50% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Ruusuvuori broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Emil surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||||
| R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Paire |
1/4 Norrie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-5 | 4-6 6-4 3-0 ret. | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 22 | 70 | |
| pts | 98-82 | 92-80 | 71-47 | 261-209 | |
| Total points | 180 | 172 | 118 | 470 | |
| Winners | 32 | 37 | 37 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% | 52% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 46/73 | 56/91 | 43/58 | 145/222 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 74% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 37/56 | 37/43 | 106/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 66% | 86% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 22/35 | 9/15 | 50/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 63% | 60% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 29% | 100% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 8/9 | 1/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 89% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Nakashima | |||||
| R1 Bryde |
R2 Raonic |
1/4 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-75 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 7-64 | 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 34 | 25 | 89 | |
| pts | 105-89 | 97-90 | 72-66 | 274-245 | |
| Total points | 194 | 187 | 138 | 519 | |
| Winners | 46 | 47 | 26 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 48% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 13 | 4 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 60/97 | 57/98 | 33/64 | 150/259 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 47/57 | 26/33 | 119/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/37 | 21/41 | 23/31 | 66/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 51% | 74% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 2/5 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- John IsnerIsner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-65 6-73 7-64) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John IsnerIsner (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
