Medvedev beats Laaksonen in the 1st round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Medvedev dispatches Laaksonen to square off with Nick Kyrgios in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Henri Laaksonen

Daniil Medvedev gets by Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Medvedev will have to play Nick Kyrgios in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 54 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the final in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Medvedev
Melbourne
Medvedev's Record

The Russian added to his prize money $ 50,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Daniil will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Henri Laaksonen Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Medvedev
Laaksonen
Daniil Medvedev
6-1 6-4 7-63
1h:54
Henri Laaksonen
107
107
Total points
75
75
48
48
Winners
35
35
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
23
23
Unforced
46
46
33%
33%
Ratio Unforced
67%
67%
10/20
10/20
Net Approaches
13/16
13/16
50%
50%
Perc
81%
81%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
66%
66%
1st in
63%
63%
79%
79%
1st won
61%
61%
48/61
48/61
1st won
35/57
35/57
58%
58%
2nd won
42%
42%
18/31
18/31
2nd won
14/33
14/33
208
208
Fastest serve
205
205
194
194
AVG 1st Serve
183
183
153
153
AVG 2nd Serve
141
141
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
1/5
1/5
67%
67%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Medvedev scored 107 points vs. the Swiss’s 75.

Medvedev

The Russian served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (48/61) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (18/31) on his second serve. Medvedev struck 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. The Russian was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

Laaksonen

On the other side, Henri had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Medvedev and Laaksonen is 3-0 for Daniil.

Draw and next match H2H: Daniil Medvedev vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats

Medvedev will square off with Kyrgios in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Daniil Medvedev and Nick Kyrgios square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kyrgios (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Kyrgios won 7-66 7-64 in the final in Washington back in 2019.

Daniil Medvedev Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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MedvedevLaaksonen
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Kyrgios conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Henri Laaksonen in the 1st game (1-0). Yet, Medvedev refused to bow to come back to break Laaksonen 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Henri was completely outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

Daniil converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Laaksonen converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 7th game (1-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 47 points. The Russian was the one to win the set after conquering 15 points more than Laaksonen (31-16). The Russian conceded 13 points on serve (19-13). In addition, on the other side, Henri conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Medvedev clinched in the 5th game (3-2) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Medvedev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 15-40). On the other side, Daniil didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. Medvedev was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Laaksonen (34-26). Daniil dropped 5 points on serve (19-5). In addition, on the other side, Henri conceded 15 points on serve (21-15).

3rd Set -
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Medvedev won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Medvedev won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Swiss won 2 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2) and 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3

They played 75 points. The Russian won 7 points more than Laaksonen (41-34). The Russian surrendered 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the net, Henri conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).

 

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