Mcdonald victorious over Kyrgios in the 1st round of the Citi Open. HIGHLIGHTS – WASHINGTON RESULTS

CITI OPEN - WASHINGTON DRAW AND RESULTS. Mcdonald gets the better of Kyrgios to take on Benoit Paire in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Nick Kyrgios

Mackenzie Mcdonald tops Nick Kyrgios 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Washington on Tuesday. Mcdonald will play against Benoit Paire in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

Mcdonald
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Mcdonald's Record

Mcdonald added to his prize money $ 5,780 after winning this match. He has won already $ 13,300 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mackenzie will add $ 11,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 24,400 in total.

Highlights Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Nick Kyrgios Citi Open – Washington

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Mcdonald
Kyrgios
Mackenzie Mcdonald
6-4 6-4
1h:17
Nick Kyrgios
69
69
Total points
61
61
29
29
Winners
33
33
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
54%
54%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
9
9
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
57%
57%
1st in
63%
63%
81%
81%
1st won
79%
79%
29/36
29/36
1st won
33/42
33/42
59%
59%
2nd won
40%
40%
16/27
16/27
2nd won
10/25
10/25
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
0/5
0/5
29%
29%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Mcdonald scored 69 points vs. Kyrgios’s 61.

Mcdonald

Mcdonald served extremely well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (16/27) on his second serve. The American won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Kyrgios

On the other side, Nick wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/5). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Mackenzie Mcdonald vs. Benoit Paire – stats

Mcdonald will take on Paire in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Mackenzie Mcdonald and Benoit Paire square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

Mackenzie Mcdonald Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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McdonaldKyrgios
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M
0
0
K
0
0

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Mcdonald conquered in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually winning the set (6-4).

The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nick wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the American won just 2 more points than Kyrgios (31-29). The American surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Kyrgios conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).

2nd Set -
Mcdonald Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Mackenzie conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Mackenzie converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 69 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than Kyrgios (37-32). Mackenzie surrendered 10 points on serve (24-10). on the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (22-13).

 

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