Andy Murray outpaces Viktor Durasovic 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Sydney on Tuesday after playing a great match to fight against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Viktor Durasovic Sydney Tennis Classic – Sydney
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:11
At the end of the match, Andy scored 62 points vs. Viktor’s 40.
Murray
The Brit served very well to win 96% of the points (25/26) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 44% points (8/18) on his second serve. Murray was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (4/8).
Durasovic
On the other side, Viktor wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Murray and Durasovic is 2-0 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili – stats
Murray will square off with Basilashvili in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Andy Murray and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Brit clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
They played 57 points. Murray conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Viktor (32-25). The Brit conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, Durasovic conceded 11 points on serve (18-11).
Andy won the set after he broke Durasovic 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.
The Norwegian was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.
Andy was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40). On the other side, Andy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. The Brit won 14 points more than the Norwegian (26-12). The Brit was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). On the losing side, the Norwegian conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Tennis Scores in Sydney
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 1-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-65 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Andy MurrayMurray – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel EvansEvans – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime CressyCressy – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
