Mikael Ymer aced Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. The battle lasted 3 hours and 8 minutes.
Ymer will square off with his dear friend Stefanos Tsitsipas in the 3rd round. They trained together for 14 days in Melbourne during the quarantine and therefore they are well aware about their conditions and style of play
Talking about the time spent together, Ymer commented:
“They’re really fun people to be around. It felt like the practices went by pretty quick. We had some fun training, played points, played volley points. Then we had some time to eat lunch after, so it was nice. It felt a little bit like the junior days, because I spent some time with them when we were young. It was a bit of a déjà vu.”
Highlights Mikael Ymer vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Australian Open – Melbourne
Ymer’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Mikael scored 134 points vs. Alcaraz Garfia’s 131.
Ymer
Mikael won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 44% (8/18) of the procured opportunities.
Alcaraz Garfia
On the other side, Alcaraz Garfia was well focused in converting 53% of the break points that he conquered points (8/15). However, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Ymer and Alcaraz Garfia is 1-0 for Mikael.
Mikael added to his prize money $ 65,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Ymer will add $ 105,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 320,000 in total.
Draw and next match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Ymer will play Tsitsipas in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Mikael Ymer and Stefanos Tsitsipas fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Tsitsipas had a favorable start in this set after breaking Ymer in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for Alcaraz Garfia to win the set since Mikael succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Carlos kept his focus to break Mikael in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Mikael was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
They contested 44 points. Carlos won 8 more points than Ymer (26-18). Carlos conceded 8 points on serve (14-8). In addition, on the other side, Mikael conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).
Ymer had a racing start in this set after breaking Tsitsipas in the 1st game (1-0). However, that was not enough for Mikael to win the set because Carlos succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (3-5) game. Mikael maintained his focus to break Carlos in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-4).
Mikael failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.
Ymer lost 19 points on serve (21-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Alcaraz Garfia conceded 20 points on serve (19-20).
Tsitsipas overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Ymer in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, Ymer managed to stage a great comeback to break Alcaraz Garfia in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).
Alcaraz Garfia lost the 3rd game (1-2) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Ymer converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, Carlos converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. Ymer was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Carlos (35-31). Mikael conceded 14 points on serve (21-14). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).
Ymer won the set after he broke Carlos in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Alcaraz Garfia tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Mikael kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 5.
Tiebreak
Mikael won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Alcaraz Garfia won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 11th (5-6) point.
Ymer won the tiebreak 7-5 after he conquered a decisive 5-3 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
They played 78 points. Mikael was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Alcaraz Garfia (41-37). Ymer dropped 14 points on serve (24-14). In addition, on the other side, Carlos conceded 17 points on serve (23-17).
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