Who Will Win: Shapovalov Vs Nakashima? Prediction For ATP Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024

What Time Will Denis Shapovalov Play Against Brandon Nakashima?

Shapovalov and Nakashima are on the Day 2 Schedule at Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024 on Wednesday 7 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Denis Shapovalov, a Canadian tennis player, and Brandon Nakashima, an American tennis player, have faced each other twice in their head-to-head matches. They have won one match each.

Their first meeting took place at Wimbledon in Great Britain in 2022. Nakashima won the match with a scoreline of 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(6).

Their second encounter occurred at Roland Garros in France in 2023. Shapovalov emerged victorious in a five-set battle with a score of 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3.

Denis Shapovalov is currently 25 years old and ranked as World No. 106. His career-high ranking is No. 10. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 15-18, with his best performance being a quarterfinal finish in Washington. In his overall tennis career, he has reached the semifinals of the National Bank Open in 2017 (Montreal). In that tournament, he caused an upset by defeating the No. 2 ranked player at the time, Rafael Nadal, and became the youngest semifinalist in the series history at the age of 18. Shapovalov also achieved the distinction of being the first Canadian man to reach the US Open quarterfinals in 2020.

Shapovalov’s junior career was also successful, winning the Wimbledon boys’ singles title in 2016. He then made his breakthrough into the Top 50 of the professional rankings in less than 15 months.

Brandon Nakashima, on the other hand, is 23 years old and

currently ranked World No. 52. His career-high ranking is No. 43, achieved in October 2022. He ended the 2022 season on a strong run, winning 16 out of 17 tiebreaks. He also won the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals after reaching the semifinals in the previous year. In his hometown of San Diego, Nakashima secured his first ATP Tour title in 2022 by defeating his compatriot, Marcos Giron.

In 2021, Nakashima made it to consecutive ATP Tour finals in Los Cabos and Atlanta, becoming the youngest American to achieve this feat since Andy Roddick in 2001-2002. In 2022, he reached the third round of Roland Garros, the fourth round of Wimbledon, and the third round of the US Open. Notably, he secured his first wins against Top 20 players, defeating Shapovalov in the second round of Wimbledon and Grigor Dimitrov in the second round of the US Open.

Nakashima has participated in four consecutive ATP Masters 1000 events in 2024 after successfully qualifying through the earlier rounds. However, he has struggled against left-handed opponents on the tour-level matches this year, with a record of 0-7.

In their upcoming match, Shapovalov will enter the event after reaching his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in 18 months in Washington, where he lost to Shelton. Meanwhile, Nakashima is aiming to improve his performance after his recent first-round exits in the 2022-23 events.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Shapovalov will win.
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