Mackenzie Mcdonald powers past Henri Laaksonen 6-0 6-2 in the 1st round in San Diego on Wednesday after playing an extraordinary match to face off with Jenson Brooksby in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 54 minutes.
Mackenzie added to his prize money $ 4,175 after winning this match. He has won already $ 10,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mcdonald will add $ 7,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 18,495 in total.
Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Henri Laaksonen San Diego Open – San Diego
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 56 points vs. the Swiss’s 32.
Mcdonald
The American won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Laaksonen
On the other side, Laaksonen wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Mcdonald and Laaksonen is 2-1 for Mackenzie.
Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Jenson Brooksby – stats
Mcdonald will play Brooksby in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Jenson Brooksby clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Brooksby (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Brooksby won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in Atlanta back in July 2022.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set because Mcdonald conceded no games to Laaksonen before winning the set 6-0.
Mcdonald converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Swiss wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (0-5 30-40).
They played 39 points. Mcdonald was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Swiss (26-13). Mcdonald surrendered 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the court, Laaksonen conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
The American in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Laaksonen and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Henri in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
They played 47 points. The American was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Laaksonen (29-18). The American conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the Swiss conceded 13 points on serve (12-13).
Tennis Scores in San Diego
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- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (4-6 6-3 0-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
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- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Facundo MenaMena (7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Brandon HoltHolt (5-7 7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 4-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniel EvansEvans – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jeff WolfWolf – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis KudlaKudla (1-1) – H2H details and stats