Brandon Nakashima shocks Rublev in the 2nd round to play vs Martin Etcheverry at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. HIGHLIGHTS – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. Nakashima upsets Rublev to fight against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Andrey Rublev

Brandon Nakashima stuns Andrey Rublev 6-4 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in Barcelona on Tuesday. Nakashima will face off with Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nakashima
Barcelona
Nakashima's Record

Brandon added to his prize money € 16,825 after winning this match. He has already won € 37,175 after this win. If he wins the next match, Brandon will add € 33,375 to his earnings to get in total € 70,550 in total.

Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Andrey Rublev Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Rublev
Brandon Nakashima
6-4 7-66
1h:53
Andrey Rublev
78
78
Total points
76
76
33
33
Winners
30
30
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
7
7
0
0
Double Faults
5
5
55%
55%
1st in
48%
48%
80%
80%
1st won
79%
79%
33/41
33/41
1st won
30/38
30/38
56%
56%
2nd won
56%
56%
19/34
19/34
2nd won
23/41
23/41
-- Break Points --
1/9
1/9
Total
0/1
0/1
11%
11%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Brandon scored 78 points vs. the Russian’s 76.

Nakashima

The American served very well to win 80% of the points (33/41) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. Brandon won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points after he converted only 11% (1/9) of the procured opportunities.

Rublev

On the other side, the Russian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Rublev is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats

Nakashima will face Martin Etcheverry in the 3rd round.

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

Brandon Nakashima Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nakashima 6-4
NakashimaRublev
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
NakashimaRublev
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
NakashimaRublev
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
NakashimaRublev
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
NakashimaRublev
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
NakashimaRublev
3
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaRublev
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
NakashimaRublev
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
NakashimaRublev
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
NakashimaRublev
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NakashimaRublev
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Brandon clinched in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Russian couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The American converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 9th (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). On the other side, Rublev wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).

They contested 71 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Brandon won only 1 point more than the Russian (36-35). Brandon dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Rublev conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

2nd Set -
Nakashima 7-6
NakashimaRublev
7
6
R
0
1
N
1
1
N
1
2
R
2
2
R
2
3
N
3
3
N
4
3
R
4
4
R
5
4
N
5
5
N
6
5
R
6
6
R
7
6
N
8
6
NakashimaRublev
6
6
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
NakashimaRublev
5
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
NakashimaRublev
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaRublev
4
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
NakashimaRublev
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
NakashimaRublev
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
NakashimaRublev
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
NakashimaRublev
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NakashimaRublev
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
NakashimaRublev
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
NakashimaRublev
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Brandon won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

The American won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Russian won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1) and 10th (5-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Brandon was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 9th (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 83 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Brandon won just 1 point more than the Russian (42-41). Nakashima surrendered 14 points on serve (30-14). On the losing side, Rublev conceded 12 points on serve (27-12).

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

Tennis Scores in Barcelona

  • Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nick HardtHardt (7-5 6-2)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Harold MayotMayot (7-63 6-76 ret.)
  • Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 7-5)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Sebastian BaezBaez (5-7 7-68 6-2)

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