Brandon Nakashima defeats Tommy Paul 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Vienna on Wednesday in what was an all-American contest. Nakashima is going to play against Karen Khachanov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Brandon added to his prize money € 16,860 after winning this match. He has already won € 36,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, Brandon will add € 31,550 to his earnings to get in total € 67,680 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Tommy Paul Erste Bank Open – Vienna
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Brandon scored 75 points vs. Paul’s 67.
Nakashima
Brandon served pretty well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (8/13) on his second serve. Nakashima won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.
Paul
On the other side, Paul wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and Paul is 4-1 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Karen Khachanov – stats
Nakashima will compete against Khachanov in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Karen Khachanov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nakashima had a great start in this set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0). That break was the key and it was sufficient for Brandon to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks.
Brandon converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 7th (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A). On the other side, Nakashima didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 76 points. This set was so close that, Nakashima won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Brandon lost 8 points on serve (20-8). On the other side, Paul conceded 18 points on serve (30-18).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Brandon conquered in the 7th game (4-3) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Brandon converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Paul wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They played 66 points. Brandon conquered the set after winning 8 more points than Paul (37-29). Nakashima dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). On the other side, Paul conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Tommy PaulPaul (6-4 6-4)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 7-5)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-65 6-1)
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-2 6-4)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Dominic ThiemThiem (7-66 6-2)
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Quentin HalysHalys (7-65 6-3)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-2)
- Jack DraperDraper – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-65 7-5)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 7-64)
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-2 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-2 6-2)
- Marcos GironGiron – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-64 6-3)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-5 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-61 6-3)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-63 6-2)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-2)
Upcoming matches
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H details and stats