Brandon Nakashima bests Shang in the 2nd round to set up a battle vs Giron – CHENGDU RESULTS

CHENGDU OPEN - CHENGDU DRAW AND RESULTS. Nakashima hustles Shang to take on Marcos Giron in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Brandon Nakashima downs Juncheng Shang 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Chengdu on Friday. Nakashima will fight against Marcos Giron in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nakashima
Chengdu
Nakashima's Record

The American added to his prize money $ 15,085 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,970 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nakashima will add $ 26,115 to his earnings to get in total $ 62,085 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nakashima
Shang
Brandon Nakashima
7-5 6-3
1h:41
Juncheng Shang
75
75
Total points
64
64
41
41
Winners
27
27
55%
55%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
0
0
78%
78%
1st in
67%
67%
73%
73%
1st won
60%
60%
41/56
41/56
1st won
27/45
27/45
50%
50%
2nd won
64%
64%
8/16
8/16
2nd won
14/22
14/22
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
1/7
1/7
33%
33%
Won
14%
14%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Nakashima scored 75 points vs. Juncheng’s 64.

Nakashima

Nakashima blasted 13 aces without committing any double fault. Brandon won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Shang

On the other side, the Chinese was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this contest, the head to head between Nakashima and Shang is 1-0 for Brandon.

Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Marcos Giron – stats

Nakashima will fight against Giron in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Marcos Giron fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

Brandon Nakashima Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nakashima 7-5
NakashimaShang
7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NakashimaShang
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
NakashimaShang
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
NakashimaShang
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
NakashimaShang
5
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NakashimaShang
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
NakashimaShang
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
NakashimaShang
2
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
NakashimaShang
2
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
NakashimaShang
1
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NakashimaShang
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
NakashimaShang
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
NakashimaShang
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40

The American won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Brandon broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.

Nakashima failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.

Brandon converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Juncheng converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-2 40-A).

They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Brandon won just 3 points more than the Chinese (41-38). The American lost 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, Shang conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

2nd Set -
Nakashima 6-3
NakashimaShang
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
NakashimaShang
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
NakashimaShang
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
NakashimaShang
3
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NakashimaShang
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
NakashimaShang
2
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
NakashimaShang
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
NakashimaShang
1
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Juncheng capitulated the 8th game (5-3) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.

Nakashima converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Chinese was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 58 points. The American conquered the set after winning 4 points more than the Chinese (31-27). The American surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Juncheng conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).

1st
Nakashima
Shang
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
2nd
Nakashima
Shang
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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