Maxime Cressy gets the better of Christopher O Connell 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. Cressy will play against Daniil Medvedev in the 4th round. The match lasted 2 hours and 41 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The American added to his prize money $ 120,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Maxime will add $ 300,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.
Highlights Maxime Cressy vs. Christopher O Connell Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 128 points vs. the Australian’s 93.
Cressy
The American served pretty well to win 84% of the points (54/64) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (30/44) on his second serve. Cressy fired 28 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The American was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10).
O Connell
On the other side, Christopher wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Cressy and O Connell is 1-0 for Maxime.
Draw and next match H2H: Maxime Cressy vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
Cressy will square off with Medvedev in the 4th round.
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Daniil Medvedev since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Maxime in this set played much better tennis than the Australian and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Christopher in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The Australian was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Maxime converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Christopher was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Christopher (28-18). The American surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 11 points on serve (11-11).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, the Australian won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
O Connell won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 11th (5-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Maxime won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4) and 9th (5-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. The Australian saved 3 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6 and 5-6 down. Moreover, on the other side, Christopher didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 69 points. This was a hard-fought set and finally Christopher won just 1 point more than Cressy (35-34). Christopher conceded 6 points on serve (30-6). On the other side, the American conceded 5 points on serve (28-5).
Cressy started the set strong after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break resulted decisive for Cressy to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks anymore.
The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 4th game (3-0 40-A). On the other side, Cressy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 51 points. Maxime won 13 more points than O Connell (32-19). Cressy was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, O Connell conceded 12 points on serve (15-12).
Maxime in this set didn’t concede much to Christopher and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Christopher in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
The American converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Christopher wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 55 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 13 points more than O Connell (34-21). Maxime conceded 7 points on serve (19-7). In addition, on the other side, the Australian conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
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