Overview
- Nakashima beat Daniil Medvedev 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-1 after saving three match points in a comeback Tuesday to reach the Cincinnati Open fourth round.
- The win was Nakashima’s first over Medvedev in four meetings and came after a 2 hour 51 minute match in which he dominated the deciding set 6-1.
- He will face Portugal’s Nuno Borges in the next round after Borges upset 13th seed Andrey Rublev to move into the last 16.
- Medvedev showed visible frustration during the match, repeatedly smashing his racket into advertising boards and knocking over microphones as the match slipped away.
- The victory extends Nakashima’s breakthrough hard-court swing—following a Washington semi and a Montreal Masters final—and lifts him to about No. 22 in the ATP rankings, changing late-summer Masters draw dynamics ahead of the US Open.