Brandon Nakashima too good for Jay Clarke 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Eastbourne on Monday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes.
The American added to his prize money € 4,760 after conquering this match. He has won already € 12,240 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add € 8,840 to his earnings to get in total € 21,080 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Jay Clarke Viking International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 74 points vs. Jay’s 53.
Nakashima
Brandon served very well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (10/17) on his second serve. Nakashima won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.
Clarke
On the other side, Jay wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Clarke is 1-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Nakashima will square off with Norrie in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Cameron Norrie face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Norrie (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
Brandon was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking the Brit 3 times and win the set 6-1.
Jay was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Brandon converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Clarke was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 69 points. Brandon was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Jay (40-29). Brandon dropped 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 24 points on serve (20-24).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Nakashima conquered in the 4th game (3-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-3).
Brandon converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 60 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Jay (35-25). The American surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). On the losing side, Jay conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
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