Alejandro Davidovich Fokina aces Mcdonald in the quarter to battle vs De Minaur at the National Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – TORONTO RESULTS

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina aces Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Toronto on Friday. Davidovich Fokina will seek to keep on going in this event against Alex De Minaur in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1^st round in 2021 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Toronto

Davidovich Fokina's Record

Davidovich Fokina added to his prize money $ 138,355 after winning this match. He has already won $ 304,375 till now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Alejandro will add $ 252,255 to his earnings to get in total $ 556,630.

Highlights Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald National Bank Open – Toronto

Davidovich Fokina’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Fokina

Mcdonald

6-4 6-2
1h:36

72

72

Total points

56

56

28

28

Winners

20

20

39%

39%

Ratio Winners

36%

36%

-- Serve --

3

3

Aces

2

2

3

3

Double Faults

5

5

66%

66%

1st in

53%

53%

62%

62%

1st won

63%

63%

28/45

28/45

1st won

20/32

20/32

57%

57%

2nd won

32%

32%

13/23

13/23

2nd won

9/28

9/28

-- Break Points --

5/9

5/9

Total

2/8

2/8

56%

56%

Won

25%

25%

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At the end of the match, Alejandro scored 72 points vs. Mcdonald’s 56.

Davidovich Fokina

Alejandro was effective at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).

Mcdonald

On the other side, Mackenzie was battling in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Davidovich Fokina and Mcdonald is 2-0 for Alejandro.

Draw and next match H2H: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Davidovich Fokina will take on De Minaur in the semifinal.

This will be the 5^th time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Alex De Minaur face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

Davidovich Fokina overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2^nd game (2-0). However, Davidovich Fokina managed to stage a good comeback to break Mcdonald in the 3^rd (1-2) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

Mackenzie was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.

The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 9^th (4-4 15-40) and the 11^th game (6-3 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (2-1 40-A), the 4^th (2-1 30-40) and the 8^th game (4-3 40-A).

They played 81 points. Alejandro was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Mackenzie (44-37). Davidovich Fokina dropped 15 points on serve (23-15). In addition, on the other side, the American conceded 21 points on serve (22-21).

Davidovich Fokina conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set because Mcdonald found the way to break back in the 4^th (1-3) game. The Spaniard maintained his focus to break Mackenzie in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Alejandro converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3^rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 4^th game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40). In addition on the other side, the American converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4^th game (0-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 47 points. Alejandro won 9 points more than Mackenzie (28-19). Davidovich Fokina lost 12 points on serve (18-12). on the other side of the court, Mcdonald conceded 10 points on serve (7-10).

Tennis Scores in Toronto

• Tommy PaulPaul – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (7-6⁷ 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Tommy PaulPaul – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H details and stats
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-1) – H2H details and stats