Brandon Nakashima tops Juncheng Shang 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Chengdu on Friday. Nakashima will seek to keep on going in this event against Marcos Giron in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 41 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 15,085 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,970 after this win. If he wins the next match, Brandon will add $ 26,115 to his earnings to get in total $ 62,085 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 75 points vs. the Chinese’s 64.
Nakashima
Nakashima struck 13 aces without committing any double fault. Brandon won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Shang
On the other side, Juncheng had a tough time 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 compete against Giron in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Brandon Nakashima and Marcos Giron face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Brandon conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The American broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Brandon failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
The American 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, Shang 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 Nakashima won just 3 points more than the Chinese (41-38). Nakashima conceded 15 points on serve (26-15
). In addition, on the other side, Shang conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Brandon snatched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Juncheng lost the 8th game (5-3) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
The American 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, Juncheng 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 played 58 points. Nakashima won 4 points more than Shang (31-27). Brandon surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the court, the Chinese conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-72 7-65 6-4)
- Taro DanielDaniel – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-6 6-4 6-3)
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 7-64)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (7-5 3-6 6-2)
- Marcos GironGiron – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4)
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-3)
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yi ZhouZhou (6-2 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Juncheng ShangShang (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-2) – H2H details and stats