Brandon Nakashima beats Marcos Giron 6-4 6-4 in the final in San Diego on Sunday in what was an all-American contest. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This is the first time that Brandon conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this event so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Nakashima added $ 38,790 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 93,090 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Marcos Giron San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 68 points vs. Marcos’s 52.
Nakashima
Nakashima served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (12/20) on his second serve. Nakashima was effective when converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (3/4).
Giron
On the other side, Giron was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Giron is 2-0 for Brandon.
This was the maiden title for Brandon that won his first title at the first attempt. Giron lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Brandon conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally conquering the set (6-4).
Nakashima was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Nakashima didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 50 points. Nakashima won 6 more points than Giron (28-22). Nakashima dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, Marcos conceded 8 points on serve (17-8).
Nakashima was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Marcos Giron in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Brandon to win the set because Giron succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Nakashima maintained his focus to break Giron in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
They contested 70 points. Nakashima conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Giron (42-28). Nakashima surrendered 11 points on serve (22-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Marcos conceded 20 points on serve (17-20).
