Brandon Nakashima bests Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in ‘s-Hertogenbosch on Thursday in what was an all-American match. Nakashima will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Adrian Mannarino in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 83 points vs. Querrey’s 76.
Nakashima
Nakashima served pretty well to win 81% of the points (46/57) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (18/27) on his second serve. Nakashima wasn’t able to conquer any break point to conquer the match only at the tiebreaks.
Querrey
On the other side, Sam wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Querrey is 2-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Adrian Mannarino – stats
Nakashima will square off with Mannarino in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Adrian Mannarino face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Mannarino (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Nakashima won 6-2 7-64 in the 1st round in Indian wells back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Finally, Brandon won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
Brandon won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Sam won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, on the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 69 points. Nakashima was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Querrey (37-32). Brandon was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (28-4). on the other side of the court, Querrey conceded 9 points on serve (28-9).
Similarly, in the course of this set, neither player conceded a service game. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Eventually, Nakashima won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Nakashima won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 9th (4-5), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Querrey won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 6th (4-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 3-4, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Nakashima saved 2 set points when he was 3-5 and 4-5 down. On the other side, Querrey was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 90 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nakashima won just 2 more points than Sam (46-44). Nakashima dropped 16 points on serve (35-16). In addition, on the other side, Querrey conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).
Tennis Scores in ‘s Hertogenbosch
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-79 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (7-64 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (5-7 7-5 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Gilles SimonSimon (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-62 7-65) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Hugo GastonGaston – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H details and stats