Brandon Nakashima will face Pavel Kotov in the first round of the US Open. The game will start on August 30 at 16:00.
18+ | Commercial Content | T&Cs apply | Begambleaware.org | Gamblingtherapy.org
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction One – Handicap (-5) for Nakashima – 1.77.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction Two – Total Games Under 37 – 1.87.
Brandon stands a good chance of beating Kotov with confidence. Nakashima always plays well at home tournaments. Last season here, for example, he beat Isner by a margin of five games.
Kotov has only played seven matches on hard court this season. Nakashima, on the other hand, has 20. For Brandon this is a more suitable surface, so he shouldn’t have too many problems in this match.
Nakashima was unsuccessful at the two major tournaments before the US Open.
While in Montreal Brandon lost straight away to Cameron Norrie, at the Montreal Masters he was stopped by Aslan Karatsev. The defeat to Aslan was certainly a disappointment for Brandon.
Before that, Nakashima had shown good results in Atlanta and Los Cabos. On both occasions, he reached the quarter-finals.
Last year and in the 2020 season, Nakashima reached the second round in New York.
Nakashima has won 8 of his last 9 matches as a favourite.
Kotov, meanwhile, made it to the main draw at the Grand Slam for just the second time in his career. At the end of May, he managed to qualify for Roland Garros.
In New York, Pavel also had to qualify. In the final round, Pavel defeated Fernando Verdasco.
Before the US Open, Kotov last played on the hard court back in late March, when he went one round at the Challenger in Lugano.
In January, Kotov won the Challenger in Forlì, where matches were also played on hard surfaces.
Kotov has won his last 8 matches in a row overall.
In three of Kotov’s last five matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games – Under 9.5” with odds of 1.91.
Type of Court – Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Nakashima’s Rating – 69
Brandon Nakashima Wins/Losses in 2022 – 25/21
Kotov’s Rating – 113
Pavel Kotov Wins/Losses in 2022 – 32/14
Brandon and Pavel will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court 12, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, New York, United States.
We recommend checking out the odds for the US Open: Nakashima vs Kotov at 22bet and MelBet.