Brandon Nakashima defeated Jack Draper handily to maintain his unblemished record at the ATP Next Gen Finals and set up a matchup with Jiri Lehecka.
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After losing in the semi-finals in 2021, Nakashima won all of his group matches in Milan. This time, he won with a score of 4-6 (8-6) 1-4 4-2 4-3 (7-5). The world No. 49-ranked player, who is only 21 years old, dominated much of Saturday’s (AEDT) second semi-final, although he did had to come back from 5-2 down in the final set tie-break. After defeating the British player Draper, Nakashima advances to face Lehecka, who lost to the American in straight sets during the group round. Twitter was abuzz with fan reactions and in this article, we take a look at some of the best ones.
