Brandon Nakashima surprises Taylor Fritz 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Tuesday in what was an all-American match. Nakashima will have to play Arthur Fils in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 17 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Cincinnati
Nakashima's Record

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, Brandon will add $ 42,405 to his earnings to get in total $ 91,435 in total.

Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Taylor Fritz Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Fritz
6-4 4-6 7-64
2h:17
96
96
Total points
97
97
52
52
Winners
49
49
54%
54%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
13
13
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
66%
66%
1st in
64%
64%
78%
78%
1st won
83%
83%
52/67
52/67
1st won
49/59
49/59
62%
62%
2nd won
61%
61%
21/34
21/34
2nd won
20/33
20/33
-- Break Points --
1/6
1/6
Total
1/5
1/5
17%
17%
Won
20%
20%
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Brandon won this match even if he won less points than Fritz (96 vs. 97).

Nakashima

Brandon served very well to win 78% of the points (52/67) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (21/34) on his second serve. Brandon fired 15 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Brandon won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 17% (1/6) of the procured opportunities.

Fritz

On the other side, Taylor was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Arthur Fils – stats

Nakashima will come up against Fils in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Arthur Fils square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Nakashima and Fils (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

1st
Nakashima
Fritz
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Nakashima
Fritz
4-6
4
6
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Nakashima
Fritz
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 Cincinnati

  • Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-5)
  • Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-1 5-7 6-2)
  • Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 7-66)
  • Luciano DarderiDarderi – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 7-65)
  • Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-64)
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 7-65 7-64)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 4-6 7-64)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 7-63)
  • Sebastian BaezBaez – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 5-7 7-66)
  • Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-3 7-64)
  • Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-63 6-3)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-1)
  • Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 4-6 7-5)
  • Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-0 6-3)

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