First round
Van De Zandschulp 1.69 v Nakashima 2.42
Due to start at 5:30
1st meeting. Overall win percentages are better for Zandschulp. His results on clay are much stronger.
Most of Nakashima’s wins on clay came in Challengers. He has won 18 of his 38 clay matches.
Zandschulp has won 33 of his last 50 clay matches. He reached the quarter finals in ATP Marrakech earlier this month. Last season he had a lot of Challenger success on clay. He reached the second round of the French Open as qualifier.
Back Zandschulp around 2.00 and remove liability at 1.45.
Update: Zandschulp broke serve in the first game. He could not hold on to the lead and Nakashima broken back to 2-2. The set was very close after that. Zandschulp’s price hit 2.34 when he faced a break point when serving at 3-4. He held serve and they went to a tie break. Nakashima took an early lead in the tie break but Zandschulp won it.
The second set was a little scrappy but Zandschulp was always ahead. He won 7-6, 6-3.
