Arthur Fils surprises Brandon Nakashima 7-5 4-6 7-6(5) in the semifinal in Lyon on Friday. Fils will seek to keep on going in this event against Francisco Cerundolo in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 55 minutes.

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Fils's Record

The French player added to his prize money € 20,585 after conquering this match. He has already won € 49,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fils will add € 35,665 to his earnings to get in total € 85,605 in total.

Highlights Arthur Fils vs. Brandon Nakashima Open Parc – Lyon

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fils
Nakashima
7-5 4-6 7-65
2h:55
112
112
Total points
114
114
43
43
Winners
42
42
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
8
8
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
43%
43%
1st in
55%
55%
78%
78%
1st won
78%
78%
43/55
43/55
1st won
42/54
42/54
51%
51%
2nd won
56%
56%
37/72
37/72
2nd won
25/45
25/45
-- Break Points --
3/4
3/4
Total
3/12
3/12
75%
75%
Won
25%
25%
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The French player won this match even if he won less points than Nakashima (112 vs. 114).

Fils

Fils served pretty well to win 78% of the points (43/55) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (37/72) on his second serve. Arthur was pretty effective at converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).

Nakashima

On the other side, Nakashima was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 3/12). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Fils and Nakashima is 1-0 for Arthur.

Draw and next match H2H: Arthur Fils vs. Francisco Cerundolo – stats

Fils will take on Cerundolo in the final.

There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Francisco Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Arthur grabbed in the 12th game (7-5) prior to eventually winning the set (7-5).

Fils failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

Arthur wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the American was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40).

They contested 82 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Arthur won just 2 more points than Brandon (42-40

). Fils conceded 19 points on serve (31-19
). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition on serve. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Brandon clinched in the 5th game (3-2) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The American was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th game (2-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fils wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They contested 64 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Nakashima won just 2 more points than the French player (33-31). Brandon dropped 10 points on serve (19-10). on the other side of the net, Fils conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

The French player won the set after he broke Nakashima in the 6th (4-2) game. Brandon tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Arthur didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.

Tiebreak

Fils won 2 minibreaks in the 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The French player converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). Also, on the other side, Brandon converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40).

They contested 80 points. It’s worth to point out that, The French player won this set even if he scored less points 2 than the American (39-41). The French player conceded 14 points on serve (27-14). on the other side of the court, Brandon conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).

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