Brandon Nakashima beats Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Atlanta on Saturday. Nakashima will try to keep the momentum against John Isner in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes.
This is the second consecutive ATP finals achieved by Brandon Nakashima. Last week, the young American lost in the final in Los Cabos at the hands of Cameroon Norrie. He has now the chance to finally clinch his maiden title against the John Isner.
After this win, Brandon Nakashima is the new world number 89 in the live rankings. He will be ranked number 75 on Monday if he wins the title.
Brandon added to his prize money $ 11,260 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 39,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 15,435 to his earnings to get in total $ 54,535 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Emil Ruusuvuori Truist Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:54
At the end of the match, the American scored 83 points vs. the Finn’s 77.
Nakashima
The American served exceptionally well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 44% points (15/34) on his second serve. Nakashima struck 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Brandon was stunning in converting all the break points (3/3).
Ruusuvuori
On the other side, Emil had a tough time converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Nakashima and Ruusuvuori is 1-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. John Isner – stats
Nakashima will fight against Isner in the final.
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and John Isner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nakashima won 7-5 6-4 in the semifinal in Los cabos back in July 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Isner had a strong start of this set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). Emil managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
They played 61 points. The Finn was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Brandon (35-26). The Finn conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 19 points on serve (21-19).
Nakashima had a strong start of this set after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for Brandon to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
They played 46 points. Nakashima was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than the Finn (28-18). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (20-2). In addition, on the other side, the Finn conceded 8 points on serve (16-8).
Nakashima started the set strong after breaking Emil Ruusuvuori in the 1st game (1-0). The American reinforced his lead after breaking Emil in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.
Nakashima was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Emil wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 52 points. The American won 6 points more than the Finn (29-23). Nakashima dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). On the losing side, Ruusuvuori conceded 12 points on serve (17-12).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-64 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – John IsnerIsner (1-0) – H2H details and stats
