Mikael Ymer victorious over Liam Broady 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Eastbourne on Wednesday. Ymer will play Mackenzie Mcdonald in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Swede added to his prize money € 9,170 after winning this match. He has already won € 21,870 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Swede will add € 15,880 to his earnings to get in total € 37,750 in total.
Highlights Mikael Ymer vs. Liam Broady Rothesay International – Eastbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:20
At the end of the match, Ymer scored 63 points vs. Liam’s 45.
Ymer
Mikael won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.
Broady
On the other side, the Brit was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Ymer and Broady is 2-0 for Mikael.
Draw and next match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald – stats
Ymer will compete against Mcdonald in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Mikael Ymer and Mackenzie Mcdonald play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Ymer won 3-6 7-62 6-3 in the 2nd round in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Live score progression and stats
The Swede was too good for the Brit and without struggling too much he won 6-2. Broady broke Ymer 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Swede broke his opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent his to conquer the set (6-2).
There was an important spell in this set when Ymer won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-1 to 4-1.
Ymer converted 30% of his break points (3/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Broady converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 63 points. The Swede was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than Liam (37-26). The Swede conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). on the other side of the net, Broady conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Swede conquered in the 7th game (4-3) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Swede was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 6th game (3-3 15-40). On the other side, Mikael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. Ymer was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Brit (26-19). Ymer conceded 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Brit conceded 6 points on serve (13-6).
Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-66 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Taylor FritzFritz (7-63 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-2 6-75 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Liam BroadyBroady (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-62 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Maxime CressyCressy (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jeff WolfWolf – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H details and stats
