Brandon Nakashima stuns Evans in the 1st round to play vs Rublev. HIGHLIGHTS – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. Nakashima shocks Evans to fight against Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniel Evans

Brandon Nakashima stuns Daniel Evans 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Monday. Nakashima will fight against Andrey Rublev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nakashima
Barcelona
Nakashima's Record

Brandon added to his prize money € 9,495 after conquering this match. He has already won € 20,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add € 16,825 to his earnings to get in total € 37,175 in total.

Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Daniel Evans Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Evans
Brandon Nakashima
7-65 6-2
2h:09
Daniel Evans
86
86
Total points
74
74
21
21
Winners
27
27
24%
24%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
49%
49%
1st in
60%
60%
64%
64%
1st won
49%
49%
21/33
21/33
1st won
27/55
27/55
63%
63%
2nd won
59%
59%
22/35
22/35
2nd won
22/37
22/37
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
Total
2/4
2/4
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 86 points vs. Daniel’s 74.

Nakashima

Brandon won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (4/12) of the procured opportunities.

Evans

On the other side, the Brit didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Evans is 2-1 for Brandon.

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

Nakashima will take on Rublev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Andrey Rublev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Brandon Nakashima Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nakashima HTML
NakashimaEvans
HTML
N
0
0
E
0
0

Nakashima had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Daniel Evans in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Nakashima managed to stage a great comeback to break Daniel in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (7-6).

A crucial moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

The American converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brit converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (1-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).

They contested 93 points. It’s worth to point out that, Brandon won this set even if he scored less points 3 than Daniel (45-48). The American dropped 17 points on serve (22-17). On the losing side, Evans conceded 23 points on serve (31-23).

2nd Set -
Nakashima Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Nakashima in this set was more solid than Daniel and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Daniel in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Evans lost the 5th game (3-2) when he was 40-0 up. The Brit was completely outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.

Nakashima converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 65 points. Nakashima conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Evans (39-26). Nakashima dropped 6 points on serve (17-6). on the other side of the net, Evans conceded 22 points on serve (20-22).

1st
Nakashima
Evans
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Nakashima
Evans
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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