Alexander Zverev gets the better of Brandon Nakashima 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in New York on Sunday. Zverev is going to play against Taylor Fritz in the quarter. His best result in this tournament was reaching the final in 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
Zverev added to his prize money $ 205,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 530,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Zverev will add $ 470,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,000,000 in total.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Brandon Nakashima U.S. Open – New York
Zverev’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Nakashima is 3-0 for Alexander.
Draw and next match H2H: Alexander Zverev vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Zverev will play Fritz in the quarter.
This will be the 10th time that Alexander Zverev and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 5-4 for Zverev (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fritz won 4-6 6-74 6-4 7-63 6-3 in the 4th round in London back in July 2024.
Alexander was great in turning this contest in the last 3 sets after losing the the opening set. Eventually, he dropped only 5 games in the last 3 sets after scoring 88 points vs. Fritz’s 45 points.
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 the American conquered in the 8th game (5-3) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).
Brandon was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Zverev was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 61 points. Brandon won 5 more points than Zverev (33-28). Nakashima surrendered 14 points on serve (27-14). on the other side of the net, Zverev conceded 6 points on serve (14-6).
Zverev took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Alexander managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Brandon in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Alexander won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Alexander converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, the German didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 48 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than the American (31-17). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (16-3). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Zverev conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Brandon Nakashima in the 1st
game (1-0). Alexander managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).Alexander 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 4th game (3-1 15-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. Zverev won 13 more points than Brandon (26-13). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Brandon conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
Zverev in this set was too good for the American and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking the American in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Zverev won 5 consecutive games in the 4th set so as to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.
Alexander converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Alexander didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 46 points. Zverev conquered the set after winning 12 more points than Brandon (29-17). Zverev surrendered 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Andrey RublevRublev (6-3 7-63 1-6 3-6 6-3)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Casper RuudRuud (3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 7-63 2-6 6-3)
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