Andrey Rublev overcomes Brandon Nakashima 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati on Friday. Rublev will have to play Jannik Sinner in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Russian added to his prize money $ 79,505 after winning this match. He has already won $ 170,940 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 142,455 to his earnings to get in total $ 313,395 in total.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs. Brandon Nakashima Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, Rublev scored 66 points vs. Brandon’s 49.
Rublev
Rublev served extremely well to win 88% of the points (37/42) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (11/20) on his second serve. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Nakashima
On the other side, Nakashima wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Rublev and Nakashima is 3-1 for Andrey.
Draw and next match H2H: Andrey Rublev vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
Rublev will square off with Sinner in the quarter.
This will be the 9th time that Andrey Rublev and Jannik Sinner face off. The head to head is 5-3 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Rublev won 6-3 1-6 6-2 in the quarter in Montreal back in August 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Rublev won the set after he broke the American .
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Nakashima was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 30-40).
They played 84 points. The Russian won 4 points more than Brandon (44-40). Rublev lost 16 points on serve (37-16). In addition, on the other side, Brandon conceded 7 points on serve (24-7).
Rublev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Rublev reinforced his lead after breaking the American in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Andrey converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). On the other side, Andrey didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 31 points. The Russian conquered the set after winning 11 points more than the American (21-10). Rublev was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Brandon conceded 9 points on serve (7-9).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Andrey RublevRublev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-65 6-1)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Jordan ThompsonThompson (w/o)
- Holger RuneRune – Gael MonfilsMonfils (3-6 6-3 6-4)
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 3-6 6-1)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-5 7-66)
- Jack DraperDraper – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-4 6-710 7-65)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Alexander ZverevZverev – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Andrey RublevRublev (5-3) – H2H details and stats
- Jack DraperDraper – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H details and stats
