Top seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain kicked off his 2022 San Diego Open ATP 250 campaign on Thursday night with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 95th-ranked Taro Daniel of Japan at Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma.
\nThe 32-year-old Evans is through to his fourth tour-level quarterfinal of the year. The world No. 25, who was coming off an indoor Davis Cup outing in Glasgow, Scotland, is now headed for a first-time meeting with Frenchman Constant Lestienne.
\n\u201cI was good behind my serve from the end of the first set to the end of the match,\u201d said Evans. \u201cI had good variation and played the game on my terms. That\u2019s the biggest thing I was happy with \u2014 I played the match on my terms and made him think a lot.\u201d
\nSan Diegan Brandon Nakashima, 21, continues to make the most of his home-court advantage. The fifth seed, whose summer has included a Round-of-16 breakthrough at Wimbledon and a third-round showing at the US Open, is into the elite eight thanks to a 6-3, 6-4 dismissal of fellow American Denis Kudla.
\nThe former UVA standout was especially sharp from the service stripe, landing 74 percent of his first serves (including 12 aces), and winning 80 percent of those points.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very happy with the performance today. I definitely served well,\u201d said Nakashima. \u201cThat helped my return games a lot, helped me maybe play a little more freely off the baseline and try to convert all the break points I could out there.\u201d
\nNakashima earned a head-to-head with Colombia\u2019s Daniel Elahi Galan, whom he defeated this summer in the third round at Wimbledon, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1.
\nNo. 2 seed Jenson Brooksby (above) of Sacramento claimed an all-California showdown with Mackenzie McDonald of Piedmont, advancing to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory.
\nIt marked the 21-year-old Brooksby\u2019s second win over the former UCLA star in 2022, having also prevailed in the Round of 16 in Atlanta, 6-3, 6-4.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s a good competitor. I knew it would be a good battle today,\u201d said the 50th-ranked Brooksby, who is now 9-6 in his last 15 matches, all of which have come against Top-100 competition. \u201cOnce we split sets, I just tried to stay mentally solid, just get back to a few things in my game. I\u2019m happy with how I was able to turn that around in the third.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brooksby moves on to face Australia\u2019s Christopher O\u2019Connell, who is into his second career ATP quarterfinal thanks to an efficient 6-3, 7-5 upset of eighth seed J.J. Wolf of the United States. The 130th-ranked O\u2019Connell smacked seven of his 12 aces in the 43-minute first set alone and won 80 percent (32 of 40) of his first-serve points. RESULTS \u2013 SEPT. 22<\/strong> Top seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain kicked off his 2022 San Diego Open ATP 250 campaign on Thursday night with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 95th-ranked Taro Daniel of Japan at Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma. The 32-year-old Evans is through to his fourth tour-level quarterfinal of the year. The world No. 25, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1501,"featured_media":315323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11553","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Top seed Daniel Evans of Great Britain kicked off his 2022 San Diego Open ATP 250 campaign on Thursday night with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 95th-ranked Taro Daniel of Japan at Barnes Tennis Center in Point Loma.","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"3","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11553],"tags":[13715,14073,12546,14070],"class_list":["post-315322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-barnes-tennis-center","tag-brandon-nakashima","tag-point-loma","tag-san-diego-open-atp-250"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cI served amazing today,\u201d said O\u2019Connell, who turned back the only break point he faced. \u201cIt was a bit hotter, so I think that helped get my serve through the air a little bit quicker. The hotter the better for me. I was just hitting my spots.\u201d
\nThe former Ohio State standout Wolf, one spot below his career-high No. 72 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, had been playing some outstanding tennis on his home turf in 2022. In fact, nine of the Cincinnatian\u2019s 10 tour-level wins on the year have come at events held in the U.S. However, he couldn\u2019t find his rhythm against O\u2019Connell, amassing 20 unforced errors, including four double faults.
\nFRIDAY\u2019S SCHEDULE<\/strong>
\nA busy Friday schedule at Barnes Tennis Center will showcase four San Diego Open ATP 250 quarterfinals: Thousand Oaks product Marcos Giron, the No. 3 seed, will kick things off at 11:30 a.m. when the former UCLA Bruin faces seventh seed James Duckworth of Australia. Top seed Daniel Evans and Constant Lestienne of France will follow at Barnes Stadium (not before 12:30 p.m.).
\nNo. 2 seed Jenson Brooksby of Sacramento and Australian Christopher O\u2019Connell will anchor the evening session (5:30 p.m.), followed by local favorite Brandon Nakashima of San Diego vs. Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan.<\/p>\n
\nMen’s Singles<\/strong>
\nSegunda ronda<\/strong>
\n[1] D. Evans (GBR) d T. Daniel (JPN) 64 64
\n[2] J. Brooksby (USA) d M. McDonald (USA) 64 36 62
\nD. Galan (COL) d [4] P. Martinez (ESP) 57 61 64
\n[5] B. Nakashima (USA) d D. Kudla (USA) 63 64
\nC. Lestienne (FRA) d [6] A. Tabilo (CHI) 61 63
\nC. O’Connell (AUS) d [8] J. Wolf (USA) 63 75<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"