Miomir Kecmanovic tops Watanuki in the 1st round to set up a clash vs Struff at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Kecmanovic dispatches Watanuki to square off with Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yosuke Watanuki

Miomir Kecmanovic gets the better of Yosuke Watanuki 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday. Kecmanovic will play Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 37 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

Kecmanovic
Melbourne
Kecmanovic's Record

The Serbian added to his prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Miomir will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Yosuke Watanuki Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kecmanovic
Watanuki
Miomir Kecmanovic
4-6 7-5 6-3
6-4
2h:37
Yosuke Watanuki
126
126
Total points
111
111
62
62
Winners
57
57
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
15
15
Unforced
63
63
19%
19%
Ratio Unforced
81%
81%
5/10
5/10
Net Approaches
20/26
20/26
50%
50%
Perc
77%
77%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
11
11
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
67%
67%
1st in
64%
64%
75%
75%
1st won
78%
78%
62/83
62/83
1st won
57/73
57/73
60%
60%
2nd won
41%
41%
24/40
24/40
2nd won
17/41
17/41
209
209
Fastest serve
211
211
189
189
AVG 1st Serve
183
183
150
150
AVG 2nd Serve
159
159
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
Total
2/5
2/5
67%
67%
Won
40%
40%
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At the end of the match, Kecmanovic scored 126 points vs. Watanuki’s 111.

Kecmanovic

The Serbian served pretty well to win 75% of the points (62/83) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (24/40) on his second serve. Kecmanovic didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).

Watanuki

On the other side, the Japanese was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kecmanovic and Watanuki is 3-1 for Miomir.

Draw and next match H2H: Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jan-Lennard Struff – stats

Kecmanovic will play Struff in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Miomir Kecmanovic and Jan-Lennard Struff face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Miomir Kecmanovic Draw info

1st
Kecmanovic
Watanuki
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kecmanovic
Watanuki
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Kecmanovic
Watanuki
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
4th
Kecmanovic
Watanuki
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
 

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