Brandon Nakashima tops Denis Kudla 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in San Diego on Thursday in what was an all-American affair. Nakashima will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Daniel Elahi Galan in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nakashima added to his prize money $ 7,755 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 18,495 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 13,430 to his earnings to get in total $ 31,925 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Kudla San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 61 points vs. Denis’s 48.
Nakashima
Brandon served very well to win 80% of the points (32/40) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Nakashima struck 12 aces without committing any double fault. Nakashima was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).
Kudla
On the other side, Denis wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nakashima and Kudla is 2-1 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniel Elahi Galan – stats
Nakashima will fight against Elahi Galan in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Daniel Elahi Galan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Nakashima won 6-4 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon back in July 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
Brandon converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 53 points. Nakashima was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Kudla (30-23). Nakashima dropped 7 points on serve (21-7). On the other side, Denis conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Nakashima commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Denis Kudla in the 1st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for Nakashima to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Brandon converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 56 points. Nakashima conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Kudla (31-25). Nakashima lost 6 points on serve (20-6). On the losing side, Denis conceded 11 points on serve (19-11).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis KudlaKudla (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (5-7 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniel EvansEvans – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H details and stats