Felix Auger-Aliassime conquers Brandon Nakashima 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Florence on Friday. Auger-Aliassime will clash against Lorenzo Musetti in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 29 minutes.
The Canadian added to his prize money € 13,430 after conquering this match. He has won already € 31,925 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Felix will add € 22,375 to his earnings to get in total € 54,300.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Brandon Nakashima Firenze Open – Florence
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 59 points vs. Nakashima’s 51.
Auger-Aliassime
The Canadian served very well to win 90% of the points (35/39) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 30% points (6/20) on his second serve. Auger-Aliassime was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Nakashima
On the other side, Nakashima was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Nakashima is 1-0 for Felix.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Lorenzo Musetti – stats
Auger-Aliassime will face Musetti in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Lorenzo Musetti square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they played, Musetti won 6-2 7-62 in the 2nd round in Carlo back in April 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Auger-Aliassime started the set strong after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). However, Felix was not done to come back to break Brandon in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).
Felix converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Auger-Aliassime was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Nakashima (33-25). Felix conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the court, Brandon conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Auger-Aliassime overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st game (1-0). That was decisive for Felix to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.
Auger-Aliassime converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Felix didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. This set was so close that, The Canadian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Felix lost 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 6 points on serve (19-6).
Tennis Scores in Florence
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- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander BublikBublik (3-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jeff WolfWolf – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H details and stats