Brandon Nakashima defeats Jordan Thompson 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Thursday. Nakashima will fight against Marton Fucsovics in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 4 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 15,195 after winning this match. He has already won $ 32,560 after this win. If he wins the next match, Brandon will add $ 28,440 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,000 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 123 points vs. Jordan’s 112.
Nakashima
The American struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Brandon won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Thompson
On the other side, Thompson was struggling when converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nakashima and Thompson is 5-2 for Brandon.
Draw and next match H2H: Brandon Nakashima vs. Marton Fucsovics – stats
Nakashima will play Fucsovics in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Brandon Nakashima and Marton Fucsovics clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fucsovics (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Fucsovics won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in New York back in 2020.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-6 7-62 7-64)
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-64 6-3)
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-5 6-2)
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 7-64)
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marcos GironGiron (4-6 6-3 7-64)
- Holger RuneRune – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-67 6-1)
- Casper RuudRuud – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (4-6 6-1 6-1)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Gabriel DialloDiallo (4-6 6-3 7-63)
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-69 6-3)
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-4 3-6 6-3)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-76 7-64 6-2)
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 6-2)
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 6-2)
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-6 6-1 7-5)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (2-6 6-4 6-1)
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (5-3) – H2H details and stats
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats