Grigor Dimitrov and Brandon Nakashima will face off in the 2^nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 17. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.69
Brandon Nakashima -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Brandon Nakashima

This will be the 2^nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Brandon Nakashima play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Dimitrov won 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in Rome back in May 2022.

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 19, the Bulgarian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Dimitrov had a good straight sets win against Johnson (6-3 6-2 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 91 points vs Johnson’s 59. Dimitrov was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dimitrov overpowered his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was extremely efficient on serve to win 95% (36/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitrov broke Johnson 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (320-194). 10-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has an aggregate 157-97 record in the last years on hard.

Grigor’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Melbourne and Carlo.

Grigor has a composed 21-17 win-loss record in 2022, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 69, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Pavel Kotov 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kotov (7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2). During the match Nakashima scored 112 points vs Kotov’s 80. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, Nakashima struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was very effective on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Kotov 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Nakashima has a composed 26-21 win-loss record in 2022, 10-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dimitrov	Nakashima
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	29
Pts	91-59	112-80
Total Points	150	192
Winners	36	45
%Winners	40%	40%

Both Dimitrov and Nakashima played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dimitrov and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Dimitrov played 4 games less than Nakashima. The Bulgarian scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nakashima bagged 45 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dimitrov	Nakashima
Aces	23	13
Avg per match	23	13
1st in	38/64	57/93
%1st in	59%	61%
1st pts	36/38	45/57
%1st pts	95%	79%
2nd pts	17/26	20/36
%2nd pts	65%	56%

Dimitrov made 23 aces . Nakashima made 13 aces . Dimitrov won 95% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dimitrov	Nakashima
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/15
% Converted	38%	33%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	1

Grigor broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Dimitrov had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Brandon broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nakashima conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
	R1 Johnson	Total
Score	6-3 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	91-59	91-59
Total points	150	150
Winners	36	36
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	23	23
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	38/64	38/64
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	36/38	36/38
% 1st pts	95%	95%
2nd pts	17/26	17/26
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Nakashima
	R1 Kotov	Total
Score	7-64 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	112-80	112-80
Total points	192	192
Winners	45	45
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	57/93	57/93
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	45/57	45/57
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	20/36	20/36
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/15	5/15
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

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