Brandon Nakashima and Alexander Blockx will play each other in the semifinal of the Danderyd Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.27
Alexander Blockx -> 3.58

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 143, Nakashima reached the semifinal after beating Jan Choinski 6-4 6-2, Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-2 and David Goffin 6-2 7-6².

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-2 7-6²). During the match, Nakashima scored 76 points vs Goffin’s 61. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Brandon Nakashima conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 60% of his first serves in, winning 86% (37/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Goffin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nakashima hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (164-107). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an overall49-18 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Brandon’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Lyon and the Bergamo Challenger.

Brandon has an aggregate 20-25 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Danderyd Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 412 (career-high), Alexander reached the semifinal after defeating Andrea Guerrieri 7-5 7-5, Billy Harris 7-6⁴ 6-7² 6-4, Maximilian Neuchrist 3-6 6-1 7-6³, Corentin Moutet 7-6⁶ 6-1 and Jakub Mensik 6-3 6-0.

In the quarter, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Mensik (6-3 6-0). During the match Blockx scored 55 points vs Mensik’s 32. Alexander was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Mensik 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blockx started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Blockx’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Falun,M25 Glasgow and M25 Sunderland.

Blockx has an overall 39-14 win-loss record in 2023, 24-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Blockx
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	12
Tot Games	57	124
Pts	207-164	422-351
Total Points	371	773
Winners	80	182
%Winners	39%	43%

Nakashima played 3 matches while Blockx competed in 5 matches. Blockx started his run from the qualifications while Nakashima had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Blockx lost 2 sets while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t lost a set so far. Nakashima has played 6 set(s) less than Blockx (6 vs 12). Therefore, Nakashima played 67 games less than Blockx. Nakashima scored 80 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 182 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Blockx
Aces	19	21
Avg per match	6.3	4.2
1st in	108/193	256/400
%1st in	56%	64%
1st pts	80/108	182/256
%1st pts	74%	71%
2nd pts	44/85	73/144
%2nd pts	52%	51%

Nakashima blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Blockx fired 21 aces (4.2 per match). Nakashima won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Blockx
Won	12	22
Converted	12/19	22/39
% Converted	63%	56%
Conceded	17	27
Saved	13	16
% Saved	76%	59%
Times Broken	4	11

Nakashima broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Brandon lost his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 22 times with a 56% conversion rate. Blockx conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	R1 Choinski	R2 Yevseyev	1/4 Goffin	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2	6-2 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	18	21	57
pts	66-53	65-50	76-61	207-164
Total points	119	115	137	371
Winners	27	16	37	80
%Winners	41%	25%	49%	39%
SERVE
Aces	12	1	6	19
Double Faults	1	3	1	5
1st in	34/60	31/61	43/72	108/193
% 1st in	57%	51%	60%	56%
1st pts	27/34	16/31	37/43	80/108
% 1st pts	79%	52%	86%	74%
2nd pts	12/26	18/30	14/29	44/85
% 2nd pts	46%	60%	48%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	6	2	12
Converted	4/6	6/10	2/3	12/19
Converted %	67%	60%	67%	63%
Conceded	2	10	5	17
Saved	1/2	7/10	5/5	13
Saved %	50%	70%	100%	73%
Times Broken	1	3	0	4

Blockx
	Q1 Guerrieri	Q3 Harris	R1 Neuchrist	R2 Moutet	1/4 Mensik	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	7-64 6-72 6-4	3-6 6-1 7-63	7-66 6-1	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	2	12
Tot Games	24	36	29	20	15	124
pts	81-70	120-113	91-75	75-61	55-32	422-351
Total points	151	233	166	136	87	773
Winners	34	53	40	35	20	182
%Winners	42%	44%	44%	47%	36%	43%
SERVE
Aces	3	6	10	2	0	21
Double Faults	4	6	1	2	0	13
1st in	45/76	80/128	55/81	47/72	29/43	256/400
% 1st in	59%	63%	68%	65%	67%	64%
1st pts	34/45	53/80	40/55	35/47	20/29	182/256
% 1st pts	76%	66%	73%	74%	69%	71%
2nd pts	14/31	22/48	17/26	11/25	9/14	73/144
% 2nd pts	45%	46%	65%	44%	64%	51%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	3	6	22
Converted	4/9	6/8	3/5	3/7	6/10	22/39
Converted %	44%	75%	60%	43%	60%	56%
Conceded	4	10	3	4	6	27
Saved	2/4	5/10	1/3	3/4	5/6	16
Saved %	50%	50%	33%	75%	83%	97%
Times Broken	2	5	2	1	1	11

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