Nakashima beats Lehecka in straight units to win Subsequent Gen ATP Finals title

American Brandon Nakashima clinched the 2022 Subsequent Gen ATP Finals title in Milan on Saturday with a straight-sets win over Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic.

It took fourth-seeded Nakashima an hour and 20 minutes to beat Lehecka 4-3 (5), 4-3 (6), 4-2 within the summit conflict and make it 5 wins out of 5 matches on the occasion.

This was Nakashima’s second look on the year-ending event for 21-and-under gamers. In 2021, Nakashima had misplaced to compatriot Sebastian Korda within the semifinals.

The 21-year-old Nakashima, who gained profession’s first tour-level occasion in San Diego in September, had some powerful moments within the match as he trailed 1-3 within the opening set and confronted two set factors within the second-set tiebreak. Nevertheless, on each events, he managed to comeback in opposition to the fifth-seeded Lehecka.

“It was an ideal event, this entire week. This remaining was one other powerful match. Only a few factors that would have gone both means. I'm proud of my degree in the present day. It's a good approach to end off the 12 months,” Nakashima instructed nextgenatpfinals.com after the victory.

He added, “It was a remaining, so there are going to be some stress moments. There have been some nerves firstly, however I'm comfortable I used to be capable of flip it round shortly and shut it out on the finish.”

Nakashima turned the fifth participant to win the title, becoming a member of Hyeon Chung (2017), Stefanos Tsitsipas (2018), Jannik Sinner (2019) and Carlos Alcaraz (2021).

The occasion options shorter units of first-to-four video games and different experimental format adjustments. New guidelines included no changeovers after the primary recreation of every set and just one sit-down per set after three video games; a 15-second serve clock after aces, double-faults and unreturned serves; and training throughout an opponent’s medical timeout or rest room break.