Brandon Nakashima shocks Lorenzo Musetti 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) in the 3rd round in New York on Friday. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
Nakashima added to his prize money $ 110,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 325,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 530,000 in total.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Musetti is 1-1 for Lorenzo.
Live score progression and stats
Nakashima didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The American managed to boost his lead after breaking the Italian in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Brandon won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.
Brandon converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Brandon didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Brandon conquered the set after winning 11 more points than the Italian (25-14). The American was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, the Italian conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).
Nakashima took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was crucial for Lorenzo to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
Lorenzo was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd game (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Brandon wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (1-3 40-A).
They contested 58 points. Lorenzo won 6 more points than Brandon (32-26). Lorenzo conceded 10 points on serve (22-10). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon snatched in the 8th game (5-3) before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Nakashima converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 51 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Italian (29-22). The American conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Lorenzo conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Nakashima had a great start in this set after breaking Lorenzo Musetti in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, Brandon found the way to come back to break Musetti in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game before winning the set at the breaker at 4.
A defining moment of this set was when the American won 4 consecutive games in the 4th set to change the score from 0-4 to 4-4. Anyhow also Musetti won 4 consecutive games from 0-0 to 4-0
Tiebreak
Nakashima won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 11th (7-4) point.
Nakashima won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5
break points opportunities in the 5th (1-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 7th (2-4 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). Also, on the other side, Lorenzo converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (4-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (4-1 0-40), the 6th (4-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).They played 97 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Brandon won just 3 more points than the Italian (50-47). The American conceded 18 points on serve (30-18). on the other side of the court, the Italian conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).
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