Liam Broady and Brandon Nakashima will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on BERGAMO ITALCEMENTI. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.41
Liam Broady -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Brandon Nakashima
This will be the 3rd time that Liam Broady and Brandon Nakashima clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Broady and Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Broady won 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 in the quarter in the Belgrade Challenger back in 2021.
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, Liam reached the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fery 6-3 7-64.
In the 1st round, Broady had a good straight sets win against Fery (6-3 7-64). During the match, Broady scored 84 points vs Fery’s 67. Liam was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Broady scored 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 68% of his first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Fery 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Broady has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (389-268). 15-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Broady has an aggregate 109-68 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Vilnius Challenger where he defeated Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.
Liam has an aggregate 45-26 win-loss record in 2023, 15-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Brandon Nakashima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 151, Nakashima got to the 2nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-1 6-4). During the match Nakashima scored 62 points vs Kukushkin’s 45. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Nakashima managed to score 13 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Nakashima was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Kukushkin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Nakashima’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Lyon.
The American has an overall 15-24 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Broady | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 84-67 | 62-45 |
| Total Points | 151 | 107 |
| Winners | 43 | 28 |
| %Winners | 51% | 45% |
Both Broady and Nakashima played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Broady and Nakashima have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Broady played 5 games more than Nakashima. The Brit scored 43 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon bagged 28 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Broady | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 13 |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 36/54 |
| %1st in | 68% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 61% |
Broady fired 13 aces . Nakashima recorded 13 aces . Broady won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Nakashima won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Broady | Nakashima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Liam broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Broady surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Nakashima broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Broady | |||
| R1 Fery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-67 | 84-67 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 54/79 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 43/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nakashima | |||
| R1 Kukushkin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 62-45 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger
- David GoffinGoffin – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (3-6 7-63 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mark LajalLajal – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-2 6-74 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Billy HarrisHarris – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (0-1) – H2H and prediction