Brandon Nakashima outlasts Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-7(5) 2-6 6-2 7-6(7) in the 1st round in New York on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. Nakashima will square off with Jerome Kym in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 44 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 44,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.
Highlights Brandon Nakashima vs. Jesper De Jong U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Brandon scored 157 points vs. De Jong’s 139.
Nakashima
Nakashima served very well to win 82% of the points (71/87) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (34/62) on his second serve. Brandon blasted 17 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The American was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).
De Jong
On the other side, De Jong was struggling when converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Nakashima and De Jong is 2-0 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Jerome Kym – stats
Nakashima will face Kym in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Nakashima overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Jesper De Jong in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Brandon to win the set because the Dutch succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Nakashima kept his cool to break Jesper in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).
Nakashima converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, the Dutch was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-3 30-40).
They contested 44 points. Brandon won 12 more points than Jesper (28-16
). Brandon dropped 6 points on serve (14-6). on the other side of the court, De Jong conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, De Jong won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
Jesper won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0), 7th (4-3), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Brandon won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3) and 5th (2-3) point.
Jesper won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 3-1 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. In addition on the other side, Jesper didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 76 points. It’s worth to point out that, Jesper won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Brandon (37-39). The Dutch surrendered 10 points on serve (27-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Nakashima conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).
Nakashima had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Jesper De Jong in the 1st game (1-0). De Jong extended his lead after breaking the American in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
De Jong was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Brandon wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).
They played 50 points. The Dutch won 4 more points than the American (27-23). Jesper dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). On the losing side, Nakashima conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
The American in this set was too good for the Dutch and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Dutch in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
De Jong had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The American converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 39 points. Brandon won 11 more points than Jesper (25-14). Brandon was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). Regarding the other side of the net, Jesper conceded 9 points on serve (11-9
).The 5th set random the decider was a thriller.
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Nakashima won a thrilling breaker 10-7 after a huge fight with 17 points played.
Tiebreak
Nakashima won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3), 11th (7-4), 14th (9-5) and 17th (10-7) point. On the other side, Jesper won 3 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 12th (5-7) and 16th (7-9) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4, 7-5, 8-5, 9-5, 9-6, 9-7, 10-7
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Jesper was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, The American won this set even if he scored less points 3 than De Jong (42-45). The American surrendered 16 points on serve (32-16). on the other side of the court, Jesper conceded 10 points on serve (29-10).
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