Brandon Nakashima will face Borna Coric in the second round of the Rakuten Japan Open. The game will start on October 6 at 06:00.
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Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-1) for Coric – 1.93.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Over 22.5 – 1.73.
Both Nakashima and Ćorić are approaching their match in fine form. Brendon recently secured victory in San Diego, while Coric won the Masters in Cincinnati. We expect an even fight in this pairing, but we still suggest a preference for Borna, who shows more varied tennis.
Both players are in excellent form at the moment, so expect a tight match between them, which is likely to last for three sets.
Nakashima won the first title of his career at the end of September. He won the tournament in San Diego, dropping only one set in five matches.
Thanks to this success, Brandon moved up into the top 50 for the first time in his career. He is now ranked 47th in the current rankings. In Tokyo, Nakashima started with a win over Shintaro Mochizuki (6-3, 6-2).
After Roland Garros, where he reached the third round, Nakashima failed to overcome the first round in only two tournaments, in Montreal and Cincinnati.
Nakashima has won his last six consecutive matches on clay.
Coric scored a first-round win over Thanası Kokkinakis (6-4, 7-6). Not the easiest match, it even came down to a tie-break in the second set, but the Croatian played reliably and never lost a serve.
In mid-September, Borna picked up two victories in the Davis Cup over Mikael Ymer and Francisco Cerundolo. In another match, he lost to Matteo Berrettini.
The main success for Ćorić was his sensational victory at the Masters in Cincinnati. Here he had an incredible series of matches, beating Rafael Nadal, Roberto Bautista-Agut, Felix Auger Aliassime, Cameron Norrie and Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Shortly thereafter, Coric did not perform well at the US Open. Already in the second round, he lost to Jenson Brooksby (4-6, 6-7, 1-6).
Ćorić has won eight of his last nine matches overall.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Nakashima’s Rating – 47
Brandon Nakashima Wins/Losses in 2022 – 33/22
Coric’s Rating – 28
Borna Coric Wins/Losses in 2022 – 21/14
Borna and Brandon will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan.
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