Alex De Minaur aces Cecchinato in the 2nd round to battle vs Karatsev at the Mutua Madrid Open – MADRID RESULTS

MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. De Minaur wins against Cecchinato to play Aslan Karatsev in the 3rd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Marco Cecchinato

Alex De Minaur aces Marco Cecchinato 6-4 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday. De Minaur will have to play Aslan Karatsev in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

De Minaur
Madrid
De Minaur's Record

The Australian added to his prize money € 21,790 after winning this match. He has already won € 48,835 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 36,065 to his earnings to get in total € 84,900 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Cecchinato
Alex De Minaur
6-4 7-65
1h:45
Marco Cecchinato
78
78
Total points
69
69
40
40
Winners
32
32
51%
51%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
67%
67%
1st in
61%
61%
82%
82%
1st won
71%
71%
40/49
40/49
1st won
32/45
32/45
63%
63%
2nd won
66%
66%
15/24
15/24
2nd won
19/29
19/29
-- Break Points --
1/5
1/5
Total
0/7
0/7
20%
20%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 78 points vs. Cecchinato’s 69.

De Minaur

Alex served pretty well to win 82% of the points (40/49) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (15/24) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (1/5) of the procured opportunities.

Cecchinato

On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Cecchinato is 4-3 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats

De Minaur will play Karatsev in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Alex De Minaur and Aslan Karatsev play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for De Minaur (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

Alex De Minaur Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Minaur 6-4
MinaurCecchinato
6
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurCecchinato
6
4
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurCecchinato
5
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurCecchinato
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MinaurCecchinato
4
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MinaurCecchinato
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurCecchinato
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurCecchinato
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurCecchinato
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurCecchinato
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MinaurCecchinato
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that De Minaur grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Marco was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 65 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than the Italian (35-30). Alex surrendered 6 points on serve (23-6). In addition, on the other side, Cecchinato conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).

2nd Set -
Minaur 7-6
MinaurCecchinato
7
6
C
0
1
M
1
1
M
2
1
C
2
2
C
3
2
M
3
3
M
4
3
C
4
4
C
4
5
M
5
5
M
6
5
C
7
5
MinaurCecchinato
6
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MinaurCecchinato
5
6
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
MinaurCecchinato
5
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurCecchinato
4
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MinaurCecchinato
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurCecchinato
3
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
MinaurCecchinato
3
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurCecchinato
2
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
MinaurCecchinato
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurCecchinato
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurCecchinato
1
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Alex won the tiebreak at 7-5.

Tiebreak

De Minaur won 2 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Cecchinato won a minibreak in the 6th (3-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

The Australian was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A). De Minaur saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. Also, on the other side, Marco was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 82 points. The Australian won 4 more points than Cecchinato (43-39). De Minaur conceded 12 points on serve (33-12). In addition, on the other side, Cecchinato conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).

1st
Minaur
Cecchinato
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Minaur
Cecchinato
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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