Fortunately Brandon Nakashima was there to raise the level of the Americans. If before him his two compatriots had experienced defeat, the 56th in the world had to fight once morest Jordan Thompson but ended up winning in three sets (7-6, 3-6, 6-3) and 2h14 of play. After missing a set point on the Australian’s serve at 6-5, the San Diego native reversed the situation in the decisive game (7-5), he who was trailing 5-4 before two lost services by his opponent. Led, the 95th in the ATP ranking reacted by equalizing with one set everywhere thanks to a break acquired almost from the start, at 1-0, and then held his face-offs. In continuity, there was only one new serve lost in the third and final set and it was in favor of Nakashima, at 3-2. Behind, the American left only crumbs and therefore ended up winning at home. The No. 8 seed in Atlanta will get another Aussie in the next round, the winner of the match between John Millman and Alexei Popyrin.
Giron and Korda miss each other
Prior to that, locals weren’t very successful in the state of Georgia. To start with Marcos Giron, who was beaten from the start by the South Korean Soonwoo Kwon in three sets (7-6, 4-6, 7-5) and 2h34 of play. However, at the end of the game, when the Californian was leading 4-2, he then completely broke down by conceding a fatal 5-1 for his ambitions once morest an opponent in search of a victory since last May 16. A little later, Sebastian Korda did not do much better in front of his home crowd. In effect, the Floridian also fell to Taro Daniel in three sets (1-6, 6-1, 6-3) and 1h47 of play. If the 57th in the world had an almost perfect start to the match, the Japanese then gave him back his own coin to equalize at one set everywhere. In continuity, the 101st in the world once more took Korda’s service at 4-3 in the third and final set and then concluded with a shutout. In the round of 16, Kwon and Daniel will still challenge Americans, Jack Sock or Tommy Paul for the first and Frances Tiafoe, seeded number 4, for the second.
