Brandon Nakashima and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will square off in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.192
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 4.7
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Bernabe Zapata Miralles face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Nakashima won 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger back in February 2021.
Brandon Nakashima
Ranked no. 70 (career-high), Brandon got to the 2nd round after beating Zsombor Piros 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-3 7-64). During the match, Nakashima scored 82 points vs Piros’s 62. Nakashima was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nakashima struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Piros twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (97-54). 14-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a composed27-10 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Quimper 2 Challenger where he overcame Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-3 6-4.
Brandon has a compiled 39-23 win-loss record in 2021, 14-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Ranked no. 125, Bernabe reached the 2nd round after beating Fernando Verdasco 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Verdasco, Zapata Miralles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 84 points vs Verdasco’s 71. Bernabe was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Zapata Miralles wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Bernabe Zapata Miralles was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Bernabe was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Verdasco 4 times.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Heilbronn Challenger where he beat Daniel Elahi Galan in the final 6-3 6-4 and in the Poznan Challenger where he defeated Jiri Lehecka in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Spaniard has a composed 41-27 win-loss record in 2021, 8-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nakashima | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 |
| Pts | 82-62 | 84-71 |
| Total Points | 144 | 155 |
| Winners | 36 | 38 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Nakashima and Zapata Miralles played 1 match. At the moment, Bernabe Zapata Miralles surrendered 1 set while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t lost a set so far. Nakashima has played 1 set(s) less than Zapata Miralles (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nakashima played 4 games less than Zapata Miralles. Nakashima scored 36 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Zapata Miralles scored 38 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nakashima | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 53/76 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 38/53 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 61% |
Nakashima managed to score 7 aces . Zapata Miralles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Nakashima won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 72% 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 | Nakashima | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 29% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Brandon broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Brandon lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Zapata Miralles conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-62 | 82-62 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 41/64 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/41 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zapata Miralles | |||
| R1 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-71 | 84-71 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/76 | 53/76 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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