Queen's: Alex de Minaur vs. Brandon Nakashima - prediction, head-to-head, tournament so far

Fresh from dispatching Denis Shapovalov to scope his 63rd ATP Tour quarter-final, Alex de Minaur faces Brandon Nakashima successful the Queen's Club past eight, aiming to publication different semi-final connected grass.  

The Australian volition request to outlast his American opponent, who dropped conscionable 4 points successful a regular triumph implicit Ignacio Buse to scope different quarter-final astatine the London event, aft past year's run.

Match preview

De Minaur headed into Wednesday's contention with Shapovalov alert of his 5-0 grounds against the Canadian, and the Aussie got the amended of his progressively frustrated opponent.

Having been cervix and cervix with the Canadian, the Demon took vantage arsenic Shapovalov gradually mislaid his caput connected tribunal and the treble faults mounted.

In a sense, it felt fitting that the lucifer concluded with Shapovalov producing his ninth treble responsibility successful their sixth gathering connected tour, arsenic De Minaur improved to 6-0 successful their head-to-head.

The upshot of Wednesday's triumph is that the apical effect is into different grass-court quarter-final this season, having been a finalist successful Den Bosch past week earlier losing a choky last to Kamil Majchrzak.

A 2021 semi-finalist and 2023 finalist, the Aussie prima came into this year's tourney connected a three-match losing tally astatine Queen's — suffering defeats to Carlos Alcaraz successful 2023, Lorenzo Musetti successful 2024 and Jiri Lehecka 12 months agone — but has enactment those disappointments down him to amended to 10-6 wide astatine the event.

Now, the satellite No. 6 volition purpose to physique connected his grass-court momentum and beardown grounds astatine the ATP 500 lawsuit arsenic helium targets a 3rd semi-final successful London.

The Demon volition anticipation to unafraid a 2nd triumph implicit the second-time Queen's quarter-finalist, who defeated Buse successful the day's earlier round-of-16 match.

The American whitethorn person mislaid service once, but helium responded by breaking his Peruvian hostile 5 times en way to a 6-2, 6-2 occurrence to scope consecutive quarter-finals astatine the London event.

While past year's tally ended with a thrilling three-setter against British prima Jack Draper, the 24-year-old hopes to fare amended 2nd clip around.

Having been progressive successful respective thrilling matches astatine Queen's successful the past 2 years — losing to Musetti successful 3 successful 2024, defeating big-serving Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and location subordinate Dan Evans 12 months agone earlier losing to Draper — the 24-year-old has truthful acold enjoyed a straightforward way to Friday's quarter-final.

However, the satellite No. 29 volition expect different thrilling brushwood successful London arsenic helium faces the satellite No. 6, whose grass-court momentum surely makes the apical effect the favourite for Saturday's semi-final berth.

Tournament truthful far

Alex de Minaur:

First round: vs. Gabriel Diallo 7-6(8) 6-3

Second round: vs. Denis Shapovalov 6-4 6-1

Brandon Nakashima:

First round: vs. Marton Fucsovics 6-3 6-3

Second round: vs. Ignacio Buse 6-2 6-2

Head To Head

Mubadala Citi DC Open (2025) - Quarter-final: De Minaur 6-4 6-4

European Open (2021) - Round of 32: Nakashima 6-4 6-0

De Minaur and Nakashima are tied astatine 1-1 heading into their Queen's quarter-final, which marks their archetypal gathering extracurricular a hard court.

The American bushed the Demon successful their archetypal gathering successful Antwerp, albeit indoors, earlier the Australian prima gained revenge 4 years aboriginal successful the 2025 quarter-final successful Washington.

Both matches ended with the victor securing triumph successful consecutive sets, but it remains to beryllium seen whether the aforesaid signifier continues connected Friday.

We say: De Minaur to triumph successful 3 sets

De Minaur's signifier heading into different Queen's quarter-final makes the Aussie prima the favourite to get the amended of Nakashima, whose archetypal competitory enactment connected the aboveground since Roland Garros began this week.

The Demon is unbeaten successful quarter-finals astatine this event, beating Marin Cilic and Adrian Mannarino successful 2021 and 2023 respectively, and helium should amended to 3-0 successful specified last-eight matchups to scope the semis.