MELBOURNE RESULTS. Evans prevails over Mcdonald in the 1st round of the Australian Open

Daniel Evans downs Mackenzie Mcdonald 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 in the 1^st round in Melbourne on Monday. Evans will clash against Yoshihito Nishioka in the 2^nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Mcdonald won the set after he broke Daniel in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7^th (5-2) game. Nonetheless, Mackenzie didn’t make any concession anymore before winning the set 6-3.

Mackenzie failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Mackenzie won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the American conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

3^rd set.

Evans had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Mcdonald in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Evans managed to boost his lead after breaking the American in the 4^th (4-0) game before managing to win the set (6-1).

An important stage of this contest was when Daniel won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

4^th set.

Evans had a favorable start in this set after breaking Mcdonald in the 1^st game (1-0). The Brit improved his lead after breaking the American in the 5^th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

5^th set.

Evans had a racing start in this set after breaking Mcdonald in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, there was more work to do for the Brit to win the set since Mackenzie succeeded in breaking back in the 2^nd (1-1) and in the 8^th (3-5) game. Evans kept his focus to break the American in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (5-2) and in the 9^th (6-3) game.

The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this match was when the Brit won 4 consecutive games in the 5^th set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Daniel scored 156 points vs. Mcdonald’s 129 points.

Evans was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he procured (9/16). On the other side, the American was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Evans and Mcdonald is 1-0 for Daniel.

Highlights Daniel Evans vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Australian Open – Melbourne

Next Match H2H: Daniel Evans vs. Yoshihito Nishioka – stats

Evans will compete against Nishioka in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Daniel Evans and Yoshihito Nishioka square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Nishioka won 6-4 6-1 in the 1^st round in Washington back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniel EvansEvans – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (3-6 4-6 6-1 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Richard BerankisBerankis – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 3-6 6-2 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (4-6 6-2 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-3 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-7⁸ 7-6¹ 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-7⁷ 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Andrew HarrisHarris (6-3 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-0 6-2 6-3) – See score progression

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