Brandon Nakashima downs Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Washington on Tuesday. Nakashima will try to keep the momentum against Daniel Evans in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
Nakashima added to his prize money $ 5,780 after winning this match. He has won already $ 13,300 after this win. If he wins the next match, Brandon will add $ 11,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 24,400 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 63 points vs. Alexei’s 43.
Nakashima
The American served exceptionally well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (12/20) on his second serve. Nakashima was fantastic in converting all the break points (3/3).
Popyrin
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Popyrin is 1-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniel Evans – stats
Nakashima will fight against Evans in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Daniel Evans since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nakashima snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Brandon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 60 points. Brandon was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Popyrin (35-25). The American conceded 10 points on serve (24-10). On the losing side, the Australian conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Nakashima won the set after he broke Alexei in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Nakashima was on the money in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Brandon conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Australian (26-18
). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, Alexei conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).Tennis Scores in Washington
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