Andy Murray stuns Hurkacz in the 1st round of the Erste Bank Open. HIGHLIGHTS – VIENNA RESULTS

ERSTE BANK OPEN - VIENNA DRAW AND RESULTS. Murray stuns Hurkacz to come up against Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Hubert Hurkacz

Andy Murray shocks Hubert Hurkacz 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 in the 1st round in Vienna on Monday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. Murray will fight against Carlos Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round. Murray managed to overcome the disappointment of not being able to convert a match point in the second set. On that occasion, it was Hurkacz to save the match point with an astonishing backhand down the line.

The Brit won this tournament twice in 2014 and 2016. Here you can see his history at this event.

Murray
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Murray's Record

Andy added to his prize money € 11,945 after winning this match. He has won already € 28,105 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add € 16,860 to his earnings to get in total € 44,965 in total.

Highlights Andy Murray vs. Hubert Hurkacz Erste Bank Open – Vienna

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Murray
Hurkacz
Andy Murray
6-4 6-76 6-3
2h:40
Hubert Hurkacz
103
103
Total points
94
94
50
50
Winners
44
44
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
57%
57%
1st in
59%
59%
85%
85%
1st won
80%
80%
50/59
50/59
1st won
44/55
44/55
52%
52%
2nd won
51%
51%
23/44
23/44
2nd won
20/39
20/39
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/10
1/10
38%
38%
Won
10%
10%
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At the end of the match, Andy scored 103 points vs. Hubert’s 94.

Murray

Murray served pretty well to win 85% of the points (50/59) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (23/44) on his second serve. Murray blasted 10 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Andy won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Hurkacz

On the other side, Hurkacz had a tough time converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Murray and Hurkacz is 1-2 for Hubert.

Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia – stats

Murray will face Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Murray won 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Indian wells back in October 2021.

Andy Murray Draw info

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The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Brit grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before ultimately conquering the set (6-4).

Andy converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 56 points. Andy was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than the Pole (31-25). The Brit surrendered 5 points on serve (20-5). Regarding the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 11 points on serve (20-11).

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Hurkacz won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.

Hubert missed the opportunity to break Murray in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Tiebreak

Hubert won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3), 12th (6-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Brit won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (4-4) and 11th (6-5) point.

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

Alcaraz Garfia had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, the Brit was not done to come back to break the Pole in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set (6-3).

Murray was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 6th game (3-2 30-40). On the other side, Hurkacz converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 59 points. Murray won 5 more points than Hurkacz (32-27). The Brit surrendered 13 points on serve (21-13). On the other side, the Pole conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

 

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