Berrettini hustles Nakashima in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

    AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Berrettini wins against Nakashima to compete against Stefan Kozlov in the 2nd round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Matteo Berrettini vs. Brandon Nakashima

    Matteo Berrettini defeats Brandon Nakashima 4-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Berrettini will clash against Stefan Kozlov in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Berrettini
    Melbourne
    Berrettini's Record

    The Italian added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Matteo will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

    Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Brandon Nakashima Australian Open – Melbourne

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Berrettini
    Nakashima
    Matteo Berrettini
    4-6 6-2 7-65
    6-3
    3h:10
    Brandon Nakashima
    128
    128
    Total points
    118
    118
    57
    57
    Winners
    57
    57
    45%
    45%
    Ratio Winners
    48%
    48%
    47
    47
    Unforced
    33
    33
    59%
    59%
    Ratio Unforced
    41%
    41%
    12/20
    12/20
    Net Approaches
    14/19
    14/19
    60%
    60%
    Perc
    74%
    74%
    -- Serve --
    21
    21
    Aces
    12
    12
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    2
    2
    60%
    60%
    1st in
    66%
    66%
    73%
    73%
    1st won
    74%
    74%
    57/78
    57/78
    1st won
    57/77
    57/77
    59%
    59%
    2nd won
    48%
    48%
    30/51
    30/51
    2nd won
    19/40
    19/40
    217
    217
    Fastest serve
    202
    202
    199
    199
    AVG 1st Serve
    184
    184
    167
    167
    AVG 2nd Serve
    147
    147
    -- Break Points --
    3/11
    3/11
    Total
    1/9
    1/9
    27%
    27%
    Won
    11%
    11%
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    At the end of the match, Matteo scored 128 points vs. Brandon’s 118.

    Berrettini

    The Italian fired 21 aces and he committed 2 double faults. The Italian won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

    Nakashima

    On the other side, the American was not so effective in converting his break points (only 11% – 1/9). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

    After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Nakashima is 1-0 for Matteo.

    Draw and next match H2H: Matteo Berrettini vs. Stefan Kozlov – stats

    Berrettini will play Kozlov in the 2nd round.

    There is no head to head record between Matteo Berrettini and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

    Matteo Berrettini Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    BerrettiniNakashima
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    0
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    Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the American conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

    Brandon was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 60 points. Nakashima was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Berrettini (36-24). Nakashima was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 15 points on serve (20-15).

    2nd Set -
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    Berrettini got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). Berrettini improved his lead after breaking the American in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

    Berrettini converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Matteo didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 44 points. Matteo conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Nakashima (28-16). Berrettini conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, the American conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).

    3rd Set -
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    0
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    Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Berrettini won the breaker at 7-5.

    Tiebreak

    Matteo won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 9th (6-3) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, the American won 4 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5), 7th (2-5), 10th (4-6) and 11th (5-6) point.

    Matteo won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5

    Berrettini wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-2 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).

    They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Berrettini won just 2 points more than Nakashima (42-40). Berrettini dropped 13 points on serve (28-13). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

    4th Set -
    Berrettini

    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Italian clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

    The Italian missed the chance to break Brandon in the 8th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

    The Italian converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).

    They played 60 points. Berrettini won 6 points more than the American (33-27). The Italian surrendered 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).

     

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