Fernando Verdasco bests Andy Murray 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Cologne on Tuesday. Verdasco will have to play Alexander Zverev in the 2nd round.

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Fernando won the set after he broke the Brit in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) game. Anyhow, Verdasco didn’t make any concession anymore to conquer the set 6-4.

Verdasco lost a big opportunity to break the Brit in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Fernando won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the scoreline from 0-1 to 4-1.

Fernando converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, the Brit converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 71 points. Fernando won 9 more points than Andy (40-31). Fernando dropped 15 points on serve (24-15). In addition, on the other side, Andy conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).

Fernando won the set after he broke the Brit in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Andy tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) game. Nevertheless, Fernando stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

The Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40), the 6th (3-3 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Andy converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 64 points. Fernando conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Andy (36-28). The Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (22-13). on the other side of the court, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

Verdasco will add to his prize money € 2,010 after managing to win this match. He has won already € 7,425 after this win. If he wins the next match, Fernando will add € 1,815 to his earnings to get in total € 9,240 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Verdasco
Murray
6-4 6-4
1h:39
76
76
Total points
59
59
31
31
Winners
20
20
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
4
4
65%
65%
1st in
51%
51%
65%
65%
1st won
65%
65%
31/48
31/48
1st won
20/31
20/31
58%
58%
2nd won
37%
37%
15/26
15/26
2nd won
11/30
11/30
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
2/11
2/11
44%
44%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, Verdasco scored 76 points vs. Andy’s 59.

The Spaniard won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Andy had some problems converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Verdasco and Murray is 5-13 for Andy.

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Draw and next match H2H: Fernando Verdasco vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Verdasco will play Zverev in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Fernando Verdasco and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Zverev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Zverev won 6-2 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne back in January 2020.

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