Roman Safiullin downs Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Chengdu on Wednesday. Safiullin will try to keep the momentum against Daniel Evans in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes.
Safiullin added to his prize money $ 7,865 after winning this match. He has already won $ 20,230 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 14,610 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,840 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Safiullin scored 62 points vs. the American’s 51.
Safiullin
The Russian served very well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (13/21) on his second serve. The Russian was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Nakashima
On the other side, the American wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Safiullin and Nakashima is 1-0 for Roman.
Draw and next match H2H: Roman Safiullin vs. Daniel Evans – stats
Safiullin will fight against Evans in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Daniel Evans square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Evans (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
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 the Russian grabbed in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Safiullin was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Safiullin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 55 points. Safiullin conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the American (30-25). Safiullin dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 10 points on serve (20-10).
Similarly to the 1st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Russian conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before finally winning the set (6-4).
Roman converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Roman didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 58 points. Roman was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Brandon (32-26). Safiullin surrendered 9 points on serve (21-9). On the losing side, Brandon conceded 11 points on serve (17-11).
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