The 25-year-old tennis player won a three-set drama in Cincinnati with a score of 7:6(9), 4:6, 6:3 against the US tennis star Taylor Fritz (ATP-9), who had defeated him earlier this month in Washington.
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In the third set, it was the higher-ranked American who first broke his opponent’s serve and took the lead 3:2, but B. Nakashima, currently brimming with confidence, responded with four consecutive games won.
For the US tennis talent, this was the ninth victory in the last 10 matches. It should be reminded that last week in Montreal he reached his first career Masters final, where he lost to another American, Ben Shelton (ATP-6).
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For B. Nakashima, this is overall the sixth career win against Top 10 opponents, with four of them recorded this season alone.
In the live ATP rankings, the American is currently projected to be in 16th place, and in the semifinals he will face a definitely beatable opponent – Frances Tiafoe (ATP-23) or Lorenzo Musetti (ATP-15).
