Max Purcell stuns Auger-Aliassime in the 1st round to clash vs Murray at the National Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS – TORONTO RESULTS

NATIONAL BANK OPEN - TORONTO DRAW AND RESULTS. Purcell shocks Auger-Aliassime to play Andy Murray in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Felix Auger Aliassime

Max Purcell upsets Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Toronto on Tuesday. Purcell is going to play against Andy Murray in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

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Purcell's Record

Purcell added to his prize money $ 21,240 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 47,620 after this win. If he wins the next match, Purcell will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 88,805 in total.

Highlights Max Purcell vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime National Bank Open – Toronto

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Purcell
Auger-Aliassime
Max Purcell
6-4 6-4
1h:35
Felix Auger-Aliassime
65
65
Total points
50
50
28
28
Winners
27
27
43%
43%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
62%
62%
1st in
54%
54%
90%
90%
1st won
77%
77%
28/31
28/31
1st won
27/35
27/35
63%
63%
2nd won
43%
43%
12/19
12/19
2nd won
13/30
13/30
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Purcell scored 65 points vs. Felix’s 50.

Purcell

Purcell served very well to win 90% of the points (28/31) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (12/19) on his second serve. The Australian was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).

Auger-Aliassime

On the other side, Auger-Aliassime wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Purcell and Auger-Aliassime is 2-1 for Max.

Draw and next match H2H: Max Purcell vs. Andy Murray – stats

Purcell will play Murray in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Andy Murray square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Max Purcell Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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PurcellAuger-Aliassime
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Purcell took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Felix Auger-Aliassime in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Purcell to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Purcell was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 15-40). On the other side, Max didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 56 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than Auger-Aliassime (32-24). The Australian was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (20-3). In addition, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).

2nd Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Purcell grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).

Max converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 59 points. Max was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than Felix (33-26). Purcell dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Felix conceded 13 points on serve (19-13).

1st
Purcell
Auger-Aliassime
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Purcell
Auger-Aliassime
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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