The Brandon Bandwagon - a Brandon Nakashima appreciation thread

[happyandbob]

A bunch of top 20 wins to end the year. Not too shabby. Hopefully he keeps improving

 

[enishi1357]

As much as I would like him to become top 3, he is not a great mover.

 

[timmyy]

Now this is a journeyman!

 

[Backspin1183]

I don't see anything special about him. He plays like any top 20-30 American player we are accustomed to seeing. A big serve and forehand. While his movement isn't bad, it isn't elite either. His backhand is okay but not much of a weapon.

 

[happyandbob]

He's a better mover than Sinner was before the special vitamins. Movement can improve.

 

[atatu]

I don't see anything special about him. He plays like any top 20-30 American player we are accustomed to seeing. A big serve and forehand. While his movement isn't bad, it isn't elite either. His backhand is okay but not much of a weapon.

I think you're confused. His forehand is the weakness, the backhand is his weapon.

 

[ey039524]

He didn't have a big serve until the last year or so. Pure striker who likes to stay back, now comes in and finishes points. Surprisingly good hands.

I saw the earliest version of him as a pro at 17 take down Max Cressy.

 

[Aabye5]

Brandon into the semis in Hangzhou. He will play Cilic for a spot in the final.

 

[atatu]

Brandon into the semis in Hangzhou. He will play Cilic for a spot in the final.

Whoa, I thought he would win that match on Friday easily. Wong - it went three sets.

 

[TennisHound]

Nakashima just keeps getting better and better. Good win for Cilic, too much firepower.

 

[Aabye5]

In Tokyo, Brandon picks up his first win over Tiafoe in 5 tries.

 

[RSJfan]

In Tokyo, Brandon picks up his first win over Tiafoe in 5 tries.

B-Nak receives his official clown credentials.

 

[atatu]

Nakashima has now beaten Paul 4 times in a row. Live ranking up to #36.

 

[Aabye5]

Great year for Nakashima overall. Briefly reached a career high ranking of 35, and although he loses to Humble Humbert in Paris, he didn't go down without a fight.

 

[atatu]

Great year for Nakashima overall. Briefly reached a career high ranking of 35, and although he loses to Humble Humbert in Paris, he didn't go down without a fight.

Let's see if he can get into the top 30 next year, right now he's the #6 American ahead of Michelsen and Giron.

 

[Joseph_K]

An interesting first-round match at this year's Australian Open sees Brandon Nakashima take on his compatriot Ben Shelton. These two players have met each other twice before with Shelton winning on both occasions.

 

[Aabye5]

Brandon will face off against Shelton again after falling to him in the first round in Melbourne. Will his coaching team help him find a way out of pigeondom?

 

[Aabye5]

The Brandon Bandwagon scrapes by Goffin Gorge (responsible for derailing King Carlitos and Vukic already), and pulls into the round of 16. There Brandon will face Dimitrov, who he hasn't played since 2022. They split their two matches that year. Will we see a different Brandon or will Dimitrov pull out all the stops to reach the quarters?

 

[tennis24x7]

He's a better mover than Sinner was before the special vitamins. Movement can improve.

Special vitamins, you need to trade mark that here

 

[Aabye5]

He's a better mover than Sinner was before the special vitamins. Movement can improve.

Jannik had good movement (from his skiing days), just wasn't very robust.

Brandon is a tank, relatively speaking. I think he has to protect his knees. The net strategy helps him.

 

[atatu]

Nakashima really should have beaten Sonego today, he let him off the hook big time. I'm starting to think he's peaked as a top 35 player, which is disappointing.

 

[Johnny505]

He has very bad posture, walks with his neck and head forward like a chicken and shoulders hunched over, I'm surprised he hasn't experienced any spinal issues

 

[Aabye5]

BNak starts the year off with a nice final against Daniil Medvedev. Let's go, Brandon!

 

[Kafel69]

BNak starts the year off with a nice final against Daniil Medvedev. Let's go, Brandon!

really like this guy. always wondered what was stopping him from achieving higher results in the last couple of years. hopefully this will serve as sort of a trampoline for his career going fwd.

 

[happyandbob]

really like this guy. always wondered what was stopping him from achieving higher results in the last couple of years. hopefully this will serve as sort of a trampoline for his career going fwd.

Biggest thing holding him back is movement. His serve took a jump last season and is one of the better serves on the tour now, but his movement needs to take a big step up (like Sinner did). His first 3 steps lack explosion

 

[atatu]

Pretty good performance today in Dallas, first serve percentage was 82% and won 97% of first serves against Bellucci, which is ridiculous.

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