Brandon Nakashima and Juncheng Shang will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chengdu Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.42
Juncheng Shang -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Juncheng Shang

There is no head to head record between Brandon Nakashima and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 33, Brandon will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5 3-6 7-6(8) to Kym in the 2^nd round on the 27^th of August.

Nakashima has an aggregate 27-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Acapulco and Houston.

Talking about his overall career, Nakashima has an overall 253-163 record. He has a positive 123-80 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Juncheng Shang

Ranked no. 138, Shang got to the 2^nd round after beating Zizou Bergs 6-1 5-7 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese defeated Bergs (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match Shang scored 86 points vs Bergs’s 76. The Chinese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Shang managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Juncheng Shang was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (49/63) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Shang broke Bergs 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

The Chinese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Hong Kong.

Shang has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Lorenzo Sonego
  Sonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Quentin HalysHalys (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7³ 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Billy HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marcos GironGiron (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Taro DanielDaniel (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-0) – H2H and prediction