Brandon Nakashima and Yosuke Watanuki will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 2 sets.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.25
Yosuke Watanuki -> 3.94
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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Yosuke Watanuki
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Yosuke Watanuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Brandon Nakashima
60 - 27win/loss
37
35
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61-32 | 24-12 | 13-7 | 15-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-26 | 9-15 | 3-4 | 8-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-26 | 17-13 | 5-5 | 9-4 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-25 | 17-10 | 4-7 | 20-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-14 | 19-6 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 35 (career-high), the American will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Humbert in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.
Nakashima has a compiled 60-27 win-loss record in 2024, 24-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Tenerife 1 Challenger where he beat Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Brandon has an overall 225-135 record. He has a positive 108-68 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-9 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, Watanuki got to the 2nd round after defeating Otto Virtanen 6-7(4) 6-2 6-0, Seongchan Hong 6-2 7-5 and Pavel Kotov 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kotov, Watanuki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 7-5). During the match Watanuki scored 133 points vs Kotov’s 125. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Watanuki scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (51/70) of his 1st serve and 59% (30/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Kotov 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
Yousuke has an overall 5-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Shanghai
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Pavel KotovKotov (6-76 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-69 7-66) – See score progression
- Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-62 7-66) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Li TuTu (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-60 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Hugo GastonGaston (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Luca NardiNardi (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniel EvansEvans (6-2 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-65 7-68) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Mariano NavoneNavone (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yibing WuWu – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – David GoffinGoffin (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (1-0) – H2H and prediction