Alex de Minaur dumped out of Queen's after quarter-final loss to Brandon Nakashima

[p]The ‌Australian world number six is regarded as one of ‌the best exponents of ⁠grass ‌court tennis, but was unable to handle the aggressive [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Nakashima[/a] in a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/de-minaur-a-EZgZ9Xfh/nakashima-b-ETGnbrpH/?mid=ENkHIhel"]7-5, 6-3[/a] quarter-final defeat.[/p][p]A tight opening set dominated by serve ⁠was ​edged by world number 32 Nakashima as he converted the first break point of ‌the match in the 12th game.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-minaur-alex/EZgZ9Xfh/"]De Minaur[/a] had a chance at 1-1 in the second set on Nakashima's serve but was unable to take it.[/p][p]On a boiling hot day ‌on Andy Murray Arena, ​he dropped serve at 3-4 ‌, and there was no way back as Nakashima clinched his first win against a top-10 player ⁠in two ⁠years.[/p][embed guid="00008c36-dd53-4c55-9254-4eb464cf42e3" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvr9Vv-zQuY" social-type="youtube" /]