Brandon Nakashima prevails over Denis Shapovalov 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Montreal on Wednesday. Nakashima will fight against Tommy Paul in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Nakashima added to his prize money $ 21,865 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 49,030 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Denis Shapovalov National Bank Open – Montreal
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:37
At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 74 points vs. Denis’s 69.
Nakashima
Brandon was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Shapovalov
On the other side, the Canadian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Shapovalov is 2-1 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Nakashima will face Paul in the 2nd round.
This will be the 4th time that Brandon Nakashima and Tommy Paul fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), but Paul leads 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon conquered in the 9th game (5-4) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Denis was completely outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Brandon converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, Shapovalov was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 68 points. This set was so close that, The American won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Nakashima surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 11 points on serve (24-11).
Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon grabbed in the 11th game (6-5) prior to ultimately conquering the set (7-5).
Denis lost the 11th game (6-5) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than the Canadian (40-35). The American surrendered 16 points on serve (30-16). on the other side of the net, Shapovalov conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Tennis Scores in Montreal
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-2)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 7-5)
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-2)
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-1)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-3 6-2)
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 2-6 6-4)
- Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Alexander BublikBublik (7-64 6-2)
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-3 6-3)
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 7-5)
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 7-5)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-1)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-62)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-1 ret.)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4)
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-78 7-66 6-3)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2)
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-67 5-7 6-4)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-75 6-2)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4)
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (3-6 7-5 6-4)
- Holger RuneRune – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 3-6 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tommy PaulPaul – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H details and stats
