Mackenzie Mcdonald shocks Brandon Nakashima 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Atlanta on Tuesday in what was an all-American contest. Mcdonald will face Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 12 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Mackenzie added to his prize money $ 5,160 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 13,270 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mcdonald will add $ 9,580 to his earnings to get in total $ 22,850 in total.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Brandon Nakashima Atlanta Open – Atlanta
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:12
At the end of the match, Mackenzie scored 61 points vs. Nakashima’s 44.
Mcdonald
Mcdonald was great in converting all the break points (3/3).
Nakashima
On the other side, Brandon wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Mcdonald and Nakashima is 4-1 for Mackenzie.
Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats
Mcdonald will play Nishioka in the 2nd round.
This will be the 8th time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Yoshihito Nishioka face off. The head to head is 5-2 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nishioka won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Lexington Challenger back in 2014.
Live score progression and stats
Mackenzie in this set was too strong for Brandon and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Nakashima in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Nakashima was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-2 to 6-2.
Mackenzie was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40). On the other side, Brandon was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th game (1-2 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 56 points. Mcdonald was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Nakashima (32-24). Mcdonald surrendered 8 points on serve (19-8). on the other side of the net, Brandon conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Mcdonald grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Mcdonald was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, Nakashima wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They played 49 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Brandon (29-20). Mackenzie surrendered 8 points on serve (22-8). In addition, on the other side, Nakashima conceded 7 points on serve (12-7).
Tennis Scores in Atlanta
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 6-2)
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2)
- Harold MayotMayot – Borna CoricCoric (7-69 6-3)
- Adam WaltonWalton – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-4)
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-6 6-4 3-1 ret.)
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-2 6-4)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-2 7-64)
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (7-64 6-3)
- David GoffinGoffin – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 3-6 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Adam WaltonWalton – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-1) – H2H details and stats
