NEW YORK. Mackenzie Mcdonald shocks Sugita in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Mcdonald surprises Sugita to play Dominik Koepfer in the next round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Yuichi Sugita

Mackenzie Mcdonald surprises Yuichi Sugita 7-63 6-3 in the qualifications in New York on Thursday. Mcdonald will fight against Dominik Koepfer in the next round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st Set -
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Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, the American won the tiebreak at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Mackenzie won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Japanese won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 7th (2-5) point.

The American won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 5-1 lead.

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

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Furthermore, on the other side, Mcdonald didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 points more than Sugita (41-39). The American lost 10 points on serve (27-10). on the other side of the net, Sugita conceded 14 points on serve (29-14).

2nd Set -
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There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Mackenzie snatched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

The American converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Mcdonald didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 51 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Yuichi (32-19). The American surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Sugita conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).

Match Statistics

Mcdonald
Sugita
Mackenzie Mcdonald
7-63 6-3
Yuichi Sugita
74
74
Total points
58
58
28
28
Winners
33
33
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
57%
57%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
54%
54%
1st in
59%
59%
82%
82%
1st won
80%
80%
28/34
28/34
1st won
33/41
33/41
69%
69%
2nd won
36%
36%
20/29
20/29
2nd won
10/28
10/28
-- Break Points --
1/2
1/2
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the American scored 74 points vs. the Japanese’s 58.

Mackenzie served pretty well to win 82% of the points (28/34) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (20/29) on his second serve. Mackenzie was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (1/2). On the other side, Sugita wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The American was just to good and the Japanese had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Mcdonald and Sugita is 1-0 for Mackenzie.

Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Dominik Koepfer – stats

Mcdonald will face Koepfer in the next round.

This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Dominik Koepfer play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Koepfer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Koepfer won 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Dallas Challenger back in February 2020.

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