Brandon Nakashima and Francisco Comesana will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT NISSAN COURIANT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.46
Francisco Comesana -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Francisco Comesana

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Francisco Comesana since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 81, Nakashima got to the 2^nd round after beating Pedro Martinez Portero 3-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Martinez Portero, Brandon recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Nakashima scored 106 points vs Martinez Portero’s 101. Brandon was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Nakashima scored 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Brandon Nakashima lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Nakashima put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/47) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Martinez Portero 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Nakashima has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (194-119). 7-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nakashima has a compiled23-23 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.

The American has a compiled 29-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger

Francisco Comesana

Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4 1-6 7-6⁶.

In the 1^st round, Comesana defeated Kukushkin (6-4 1-6 7-6⁶).During the match Comesana scored less points (9) than Kukushkin. In fact, the world no. 81 won 106 points vs Kukushkin’s. That means that Comesana was more focused during the important points. Comesana was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Comesana managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francisco Comesana lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Comesana put 63% of his first serves in, winning 59% (42/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he overcame Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5.

Comesana has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger

The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nakashima	Comesana
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	30
Pts	106-101	106-115
Total Points	207	221
Winners	40	42
%Winners	38%	40%

Both Nakashima and Comesana played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Brandon Nakashima dropped 1 set, while Francisco Comesana dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Nakashima and Comesana have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Nakashima played 1 game less than Comesana. The American scored 40 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Comesana blasted 42 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nakashima	Comesana
Aces	16	4
Avg per match	16	4
1st in	61/108	71/112
%1st in	56%	63%
1st pts	40/61	42/71
%1st pts	66%	59%
2nd pts	18/47	19/41
%2nd pts	38%	46%

Nakashima scored 16 aces . Comesana struck 4 aces . Nakashima won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Comesana won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nakashima	Comesana
Won	6	4
Converted	6/11	4/11
% Converted	55%	36%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	8	9
% Saved	57%	64%
Times Broken	6	5

Nakashima broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Nakashima lost his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Comesana broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Francisco conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
	R1 Martinez Portero	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	106-101	106-101
Total points	207	207
Winners	40	40
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	61/108	61/108
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	40/61	40/61
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	18/47	18/47
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	8/14	8
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	6	6

Comesana
	R1 Kukushkin	Total
Score	6-4 1-6 7-66
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	106-115	106-115
Total points	221	221
Winners	42	42
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	71/112	71/112
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	42/71	42/71
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	19/41	19/41
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	9/14	9
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger

• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-7⁹ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 1-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Gabriel Debru/Gregoire JacqDebru/Gregoire Jacq – Theo Arribage/Vlad Victor CorneaArribage/Vlad Victor Cornea (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-3 6-7³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-7(9) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 1-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 6-7(7) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Hugo GastonGaston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction