TENNIS SCORES. Purcell topples Saville in the 2nd round of the the Shanghai Challenger

SHANGHAI CHALLENGER. Purcell prevails over Saville to square off with Hiroki Moriya in the 3rd round

Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Luke Saville

Max Purcell gets the better of Luke Saville 4-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Shanghai Challenger on Tuesday. Purcell will have to play Hiroki Moriya in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

The set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Saville conquered in the 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Max conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

3rd set.

Purcell enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Saville in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Max to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Purcell scored 90 points vs. Luke’s 79 points.

Purcell served very well to win 78% of the points (46/59) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (18/28) on his second serve. Purcell won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5). On the other side, Luke had a tough time in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Purcell and Saville is 4-3.

Next Match: Max Purcell vs. Hiroki Moriya – stats

Purcell will take on Moriya in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Hiroki Moriya since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

The last time that they locked horns, Purcell won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Granby Challenger back in 2017.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

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