Nakashima beats Alvarez Varona in the 1st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. Nakashima defeats Alvarez Varona to fight against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Nicolas Alvarez Varona

Brandon Nakashima dispatches Nicolas Alvarez Varona 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Monday. Nakashima will play against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Nakashima
Barcelona
Nakashima's Record

Nakashima added to his prize money € 9,085 after conquering this match. He has won already € 19,465 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add € 16,090 to his earnings to get in total € 35,555 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Varona
Brandon Nakashima
7-66 6-3
1h:47
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
79
79
Total points
67
67
30
30
Winners
36
36
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
4
4
Double Faults
12
12
58%
58%
1st in
63%
63%
77%
77%
1st won
72%
72%
30/39
30/39
1st won
36/50
36/50
36%
36%
2nd won
14%
14%
10/28
10/28
2nd won
4/29
4/29
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
4/8
4/8
55%
55%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Brandon scored 79 points vs. the Spaniard’s 67.

Nakashima

Nakashima served pretty well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind his first serve. However he won only 36% points (10/28) on his second serve. The American was pretty effective at converting 55% of the break points that he conquered (6/11).

Alvarez Varona

On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (4/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Alvarez Varona is 1-0 for Brandon.

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Nakashima will fight against Ruud in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Casper Ruud since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Nakashima was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Nicolas Alvarez Varona in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Nakashima to win the set as Nicolas found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Nakashima maintained his cool before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

Tiebreak

The American won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Nicolas won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 9th (5-4) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Nakashima converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Brandon saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, Alvarez Varona converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (1-3 30-40), the 6th (2-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 95 points. Brandon conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Alvarez Varona (50-45). The American surrendered 21 points on serve (28-21). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).

Nakashima had a strong start of this set after breaking Nicolas Alvarez Varona in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Nakashima to win the set because Nicolas found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2) game. The American kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

The American converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (1-2 15-40).

They played 51 points. Brandon was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Alvarez Varona (29-22). Nakashima dropped 6 points on serve (13-6). on the other side of the court, Nicolas conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

 

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