Andy Murray surprises Frances Tiafoe 7-6(2) 6-7(7) 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Antwerp on Tuesday. Murray will fight against Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 3 hours and 45 minutes. Murray won this tournament once in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
Murray added to his prize money € 4,350 after winning this match. He has won already € 10,915 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andy will add € 6,060 to his earnings to get in total € 16,975 in total.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Frances Tiafoe European Open – Antwerp
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Murray scored 134 points vs. Frances’s 133.
Murray
Andy struck 21 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Brit won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Tiafoe
On the other side, Tiafoe was not so effective in converting his break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Murray and Tiafoe is 2-1 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman – stats
Murray will come up against Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Murray won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (5-6) game, The Brit broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 7-2.
Murray failed to serve out the set when leading 5-5 to be broken at 15.
Murray lost a big opportunity to break the American in the 4th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Murray won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 9th (7-2) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 7-2
They contested 89 points. The Brit was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Tiafoe (47-42). Murray conceded 17 points on serve (27-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Tiafoe conceded 20 points on serve (25-20).
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Finally, Frances won a thrilling breaker 9-7 after a huge fight with 16 points played.
Tiebreak
Frances won 5 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3), 13th (7-6) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Murray won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 3rd (2-1), 10th (4-6), 11th (5-6) and 14th (7-7) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
They played 95 points. The American conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Brit (51-44). Tiafoe dropped 15 points on serve (35-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Murray conceded 16 points on serve (29-16).
Murray conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Brit broke back in the 6th (3-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 10-8.
Tiebreak
Andy won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, Tiafoe won 2 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2) and 9th (4-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Murray converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 0-40 and 15-40). Murray saved 2 set points when he was 5-6 and 7-8 down. Also, on the other side, Tiafoe converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 81 points. It’s worth to point out that, Murray won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Tiafoe (40-41). The Brit dropped 14 points on serve (30-14). On the other side, Frances conceded 10 points on serve (27-10).
Tennis Scores in Antwerp
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Upcoming matches
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- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
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