Nakashima routs Darderi 6-2 6-3 to reach Montreal semifinals

Brandon Nakashima needed just two comfortable sets to see off Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-3 in the Montreal quarterfinals, controlling the match from the baseline and, above all, from the service line. The American landed only 60 percent of his first serves but won 83.3 percent of those points, backing them with 11 aces and a single double fault. Darderi found the court more often, at 68.5 percent, yet won just 67.6 percent behind the first ball and a damaging 29.4 percent behind the second, with six double faults compounding the problem. The result carried Nakashima into the last four on hard courts.