Kyrian Jacquet vs Brandon Nakashima Prediction Grand Prix Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes - Lyon · Oct 22, 2026

Analysis

Nakashima arrives as the more proven performer at this level and his recent card backs it up: he edged Hamad Medjedovic 2-1 on 20 October, and before that beat Matteo Berrettini 2-0 on both 9 and 10 October, with his only setbacks coming against Alexander Bublik (1-2) and Ugo Humbert (0-2). Jacquet is in excellent shape himself, beating Berrettini 2-0 on 20 October, getting past Michael Mmoh a day earlier and brushing aside Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 2-0, his lone recent defeat a 1-2 against Rei Sakamoto on 6 October. The caveat for the Frenchman is workload: he has been playing on consecutive days while Nakashima has had a lighter run into this round. On a quick indoor court the American's clean baseline striking, depth on return and superior match-to-match consistency should be the separator. Jacquet's serve and the home crowd make a tight set entirely plausible, so a straight-sets win is likely rather than certain.