Brandon Nakashima sweeps aside Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in Houston on Monday after playing a solid match to fight against Rinky Hijikata in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 19 minutes.
Nakashima added to his prize money $ 4,515 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Duje Ajdukovic US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:19
At the end of the match, Brandon scored 56 points vs. the Croatian’s 41.
Nakashima
Brandon served extremely well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve, and he won 67% points (14/21) on his second serve. Nakashima was effective when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Ajdukovic1
On the other side, Duje wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nakashima and Ajdukovic1 is 1-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Rinky Hijikata – stats
Nakashima will face Hijikata in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Rinky Hijikata since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The American was far too good to concede barely 1 game before breaking the Croatian 2 times and win the set 6-1.
Duje had no answers in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.
The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nakashima didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 49 points. Brandon conquered the set after winning 11 more points than Ajdukovic1 (30-19). Nakashima surrendered 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Duje conceded 14 points on serve (14-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nakashima grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
Nakashima was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Duje was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Nakashima conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Croatian (26-22). Nakashima dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Duje conceded 5 points on serve (14-5).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 7-62) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H details and stats
