How many breaks will there be?

Alexander Zverev has started his second Masters tournament in a row in dominant fashion. The German prevented any break points against Nishesh Basavareddy (6:3, 6:3), served twelve aces and needed only 66 minutes to advance to the third round. According to our Nakashima vs. Zverev tip, there are likely to be few break chances against the American Brandon Nakashima.

In 2021, Zverev triumphed at the Cincinnati Open and won one of his seven Masters titles. His two subsequent appearances (2023, 2024) both ended in the semi-finals. That could be the outcome again this time around if the Hamburg native plays to his strengths in the tiebreak in our Nakashima vs. Zverev prediction.

Considering the Nakashima – Zverev odds from the pool of new betting providers, there is no real question mark behind the 28-year-old’s progress. The value in the Nakashima vs. Zverev betting odds of 2.10 at Bet365 for “Over 0.5 tiebreaks in the match” is also clear to us.

Nakashima – Zverev Head-to-Head Comparison / H2H Record

There have been four direct duels in the annals of the ATP Tour. Alexander Zverev was the winner in each match. Three of the four encounters took place in Grand Slam tournaments. At the 2020 and 2024 US Open, the German needed four sets, while at Roland Garros in 2022, he defeated the American in three sets. This calendar year, the Olympic champion won 2-0 in Stuttgart.

However, this will not make the match any easier for the former Cincinnati Open champion. Zverev (87.28 percent) and Nakashima (84.88 percent) have each won over 80 percent of their service games this season. The 24-year-old US boy certainly has quality on his serve. With it, he has gone through at least one tiebreak (11 in total) in six of his previous nine matches.

Nakashima – Zverev Tip

Zverev is one of the best servers in the world. The German trusts his skills on serve and shows no fear in decisive tiebreaks. Since the start of the year, the world number three has played the third-most tiebreaks on tour (22-13) and won 62.9 percent of them.

Nakashima also regularly goes into extra time in a set, but has shown much more nerves than the German this season (14-15).