Match report
Nakashima saves MPs, strikes on to Hangzhou QFs
Kukushkin, Hijikata progress
September 20, 2024
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Nakashima transformed two match factors to succeed in his 14th quarter-final on the ATP Tour.
By Krishna Gowda
Fourth-seeded Brandon Nakashima transformed two match factors to defeat #NextGenATP star Coleman Wong 6-7(7), 7-6(4), 6-1 on Friday to succeed in the quarterfinals of the Hangzhou Open.
Nakashima, who’s ranked at a profession excessive of No. 39 within the PIF ATP Rankings, held his nerve and saved two match factors when serving at 6-5 down within the second set. The American hit 39 winners to defeat the 20-year-old in two hours and 40 minutes.
The previous Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF winner has maintained his momentum in current months, with an 11-4 report since August, together with a fourth spherical look on the US Open. At Flushing Meadows, he defeated Lorenzo Musetti and Holger Rune to equal his greatest run at a Grand Slam.
Nakashima reached his 14th quarter-final on the ATP Tour, the place he’ll face Australian Rinky Hijikata, who superior after Fabian Marozsan withdrew attributable to sickness.
Mikhail Kukushkin turned again the palms of time by beating Alexander Shevchenko 6-4, 7-6(3) in an all-Kazakh battle.
The 36-year-old participant transformed three of his 5 break level alternatives to succeed in his first quarter-final on the ATP Tour in 4 years (Nur-Sultan 2020).
Kukushkin broke a six-year drought on the ATP Challenger Tour earlier this yr by capturing titles in Manama and Tenerife. The previous No. 39 within the PIF ATP Rankings will now face second seed Karen Khachanov or Yunchaokete Bu.