Third seed Tommy Paul will meet eighth seed Brandon Nakashima in an all-American quarterfinal at the 2023 ATP Lyon Open on Thursday, May 25. Get the predictions and odds of this Tommy Paul v Brandon Nakashima match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Tommy Paul v Brandon Nakashima Head to Head
Nakashima won their only tour level meeting at ‘s-Hertogenbosch last year. While Paul had once beaten Nakashima in a lower level tournament.
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Paul Battles Past Barrere
He was knocked out in the round of 16 on his debut in 2021, but two years on, Tommy Paul made it to the last eight as he won his opening match at the Lyon Open against Grégoire Barrère on Wednesday.
Paul saved two set points to take the first set in the tiebreak. Barrere clawed his way back into the contest by getting the solitary break in the second, but it was Paul who had the last laugh as he got the only break of the third in the sixth game to win the two hour and 39 minute contest 7-6, 4-6, 6-3.
The win was the season’s first tour-level victory on clay for the world no. 17, who was off to a 0-3 start on the surface.
Paul was however a finalist at the Aix en Provence Challenger on clay in the first week of May, going down to Andy Murray. He therefore has an overall record of 4-4 on clay this season.
He will be looking to reach a third tour-level semifinal of the season on Thursday.
He was a semifinalist at the Australian Open in what was his maiden final four appearance at a Grand Slam. He went a step ahead in Acapulco, but fell in the final to Alex de Minaur.
The American has an overall record of 17-9 this year and he is 20-10 across levels.
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Nakashima Edges Out Rinderknech
World no. 52 Brandon Nakashima continued his march forward at the Lyon Open after the 21-year-old ousted local favourite Arthur Rinderknech in a three set thriller.
The match that lasted two hours and 42 minutes, saw Nakashima take the first set in the tiebreak. Rinderknech hit back in the second, racing to a 50 lead before taking the set 6-1.
Both players looked solid on their serve in the final set, until Nakashima got the decisive break in the last game to score a 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 7-5 victory.
Nakashima had earlier beaten Diego Schwartzman’s in the first round to claim his first victory in over two months.
Nakashima, who won his maiden ATP tour title in San Diego last year and also captured the ATP NextGen Finals title, improved to 5-6 on the tour and 6-7, across levels.
Paul v Nakashima Prediction and Tip
Paul is the more experienced of the two, particularly on clay courts. He also has one Challenger and 5 ITF titles on the surface. Nakashima meanwhile struggles on clay and has played very few matches on the surface. So expect Paul to win this match and reach the semifinals.
Tips:
- Low Risk Tip: Paul to win: 4/9
- Moderate Risk Tip: Under 22.5 games in the match: 4/5
The 2023 ATP Lyon Open will be played from May 21 to 27. You can get all the tennis betting news with our tennis betting blog here. Also get rest of the tennis match previews here.
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