Michael Mmoh motors past Mikael Torpegaard 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Cary Challenger on Thursday after playing a superlative match to deal with Tommy Paul in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Mmoh didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Torpegaard in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Michael reinforced his lead after breaking Mikael in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
The Dane lost the 6th game (5-1) when he was comfortably leading 40-0.
2nd set.
Mmoh won the set after he broke the Dane in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (3-2) game. Torpegaard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Anyhow, Mmoh kept the focus before winning the set 6-4.
Statistics
At the end of the match, the American scored 57 points vs. the Dane’s 42 points.
The American served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Mmoh didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Torpegaard was absolutely great in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mmoh and Torpegaard is 2-0.
Next Match: Michael Mmoh vs. Tommy Paul – stats
Mmoh will take on Paul in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Mmoh and Tommy Paul clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Paul won 5-7 7-63 7-63 in the qualifications in Atlanta back in July 2019.
Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger
- Jc AragoneAragone – Daniel NguyenNguyen (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Ben PataelPatael (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-60 6-4) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Donald YoungYoung (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-73 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Noah RubinRubin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jc AragoneAragone – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – See H2H details
- Michael MmohMmoh – Tommy PaulPaul (0-1) – See H2H details
