ANTWERP RESULTS. Murray surprises Humbert in the semifinal

EUROPEAN OPEN - ANTWERP RESULTS. Murray surprises Humbert to compete against Stan Wawrinka in the final

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Ugo Humbert

Andy Murray upsets Ugo Humbert 3-6 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in Antwerp on Saturday. Murray will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Stan Wawrinka in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Ugo conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

2nd set.

The Brit won the set after he broke the French Player in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Ugo tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Anyhow, Murray maintained the focus before winning the set 7-5.

3rd set.

Murray had a racing start in this set after breaking Humbert in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Brit improved his lead after breaking Ugo in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Brit scored 94 points vs. Ugo’s 89 points.

Andy served extremely well to win 77% of the points (36/47) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (20/42) on his second serve. Murray won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9). On the other side, Ugo was far from perfect in converting his break points as he converted only 33% of his break points (2/6). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Murray and Humbert is 1-0 for Andy.

Next Match: Andy Murray vs. Stan Wawrinka – stats

Murray will square off with Wawrinka in the final.

This will be the 20th time that Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka fight against each other. The head to head is 11-8 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Murray won 6-1 6-3 in the 1st round in Eastbourne back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Antwerp

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