Miomir Kecmanovic bests Brandon Nakashima 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Los Cabos on Thursday. Kecmanovic will play Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Highlights Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Brandon Nakashima Abierto de Tenis Mifel – Los Cabos
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Serbian scored 64 points vs. Brandon’s 54.
Kecmanovic
Miomir won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Nakashima
On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Kecmanovic and Nakashima is 1-0 for Miomir.
Draw and next match H2H: Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Kecmanovic will take on Medvedev in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Miomir Kecmanovic and Daniil Medvedev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Medvedev won 6-2 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in May 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Kecmanovic had a racing start in this set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). The Serbian extended his lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
The Serbian converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Brandon was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 6th game (1-4 30-40).
They played 54 points. Kecmanovic was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Brandon (30-24). The Serbian surrendered 11 points on serve (20-11). In addition, on the other side, Nakashima conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Kecmanovic took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for the Serbian to win the set as Nakashima succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Miomir kept his focus to break the American in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
The American lost the 5th game (3-2) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.
The Serbian converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Brandon converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 64 points. The Serbian conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Nakashima (34-30). Miomir lost 12 points on serve (20-12). On the other side, Nakashima conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-4) – H2H details and stats