NEW YORK. Andy Murray stuns Tiafoe in the 1st round of the Western & Southern Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW

WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN - NEW YORK DRAW AND RESULTS. Murray shocks Tiafoe to play Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Frances Tiafoe

Andy Murray surprises Frances Tiafoe 7-66 3-6 6-1 in the 1st round in New York on Saturday. Murray will seek to keep on going in this event against Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Andy won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Tiebreak

Andy won 6 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (3-5), 9th (4-5), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Francis won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 11th (6-5) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Andy saved 4 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5, 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, Tiafoe wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40).

They contested 82 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Tiafoe (43-39). Andy conceded 11 points on serve (32-11). on the other side of the court, Francis conceded 11 points on serve (28-11).

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Tiafoe conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Francis was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, the Brit wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 30-40).

They contested 52 points. The American won 6 points more than the Brit (29-23). Francis lost 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the net, Murray conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

Murray had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Tiafoe in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Andy managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Tiafoe in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Andy converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 30-40). On the other side, Murray didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

Murray will add to his prize money $ 18,890 after winning this match. He has won already $ 43,450 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 29,800 to his earnings to earn $ 73,250 in total.

Match Statistics

Murray
Tiafoe
Andy Murray
7-66 3-6 6-1
Frances Tiafoe
91
91
Total points
83
83
36
36
Winners
43
43
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
53%
53%
1st in
68%
68%
78%
78%
1st won
72%
72%
36/46
36/46
1st won
43/60
43/60
65%
65%
2nd won
57%
57%
26/40
26/40
2nd won
16/28
16/28
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
Total
1/2
1/2
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Andy scored 91 points vs. Tiafoe’s 83.

Murray served extremely well to win 78% of the points (36/46) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (26/40) on his second serve. Andy won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, the American was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

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

Highlights Andy Murray vs. Frances Tiafoe Western & Southern Open – New York

Murray’s Interview

Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Murray will face Zverev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Andy Murray and Alexander Zverev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Murray won 6-1 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Australian Open back in 2016.

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