Andy Murray and Taro Daniel will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.27
Taro Daniel -> 3.92

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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Taro Daniel

This will be the 2^nd time that Andy Murray and Taro Daniel play 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.

The last time that they locked horns, Murray won 6-1 6-3 6-1 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2016.

Andy Murray

Ranked no. 113, the Brit got to the 2^nd round after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 3-6 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Murray had a tough win against Basilashvili to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-1 3-6 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-4). During the match, Murray scored 164 points vs Basilashvili’s 138. Andy was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Regarding the service games, Murray struck 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Andy Murray was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (63/89) of his 1st serve and 55% (30/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 6 times. The Brit broke Basilashvili 9 times after converting 47% of his break points (9/19).

Murray has an extraordinary win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 77% of his matches (324-96). 5-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Murray has a compiled 156-51 record in the last years on hard.

The Brit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Sydney.

The Brit has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 120, Daniel got to the 2^nd round after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-3 6-3, Gian Marco Moroni 6-3 6-1, Salvatore Caruso 6-4 6-3 and Tomas Barrios Vera 7-6⁵ 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (7-6⁵ 6-1 6-1). During the match Daniel scored 99 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 63. Taro was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Daniel bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Taro Daniel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (41/47) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Tomas Barrios Vera 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

The Japanese has a composed 7-1 win-loss record in 2022, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Murray	Daniel
Match played	1	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	49	80
Pts	164-138	284-187
Total Points	302	471
Winners	63	122
%Winners	38%	43%

Murray played 1 match while Daniel competed in 4 matches. Daniel started his run from the qualifications while Murray had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Andy Murray dropped 2 sets while Taro Daniel hasn’t conceded a set so far. Murray has played 4 set(s) less than Daniel (5 vs 9). Therefore, Murray played 31 games less than Daniel. The Brit scored 63 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel managed to score 122 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Murray	Daniel
Aces	13	31
Avg per match	13	7.8
1st in	89/144	148/215
%1st in	62%	69%
1st pts	63/89	122/148
%1st pts	71%	82%
2nd pts	30/55	43/67
%2nd pts	55%	64%

Murray managed to score 13 aces . Daniel recorded 31 aces (7.8 per match). Murray won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Murray	Daniel
Won	9	16
Converted	9/19	16/36
% Converted	47%	44%
Conceded	10	8
Saved	4	6
% Saved	40%	75%
Times Broken	6	2

Murray broke his opponent 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Andy lost his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Taro broke his opponents 16 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Murray
	R1 Basilashvili	Total
Score	6-1 3-6 6-4 6-75 6-4
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	49	49
pts	164-138	164-138
Total points	302	302
Winners	63	63
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	89/144	89/144
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	63/89	63/89
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	30/55	30/55
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	9	9
Converted	9/19	9/19
Converted %	47%	47%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	4/10	4
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	6	6

Daniel
	Q1 Arnaboldi	Q2 Marco Moroni	Q3 Caruso	R1 Tomas Barrios Vera	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-3 6-1	6-4 6-3	7-65 6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	18	16	19	27	80
pts	63-43	58-35	64-46	99-63	284-187
Total points	106	93	110	162	471
Winners	28	22	31	41	122
%Winners	44%	38%	48%	41%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	15	8	31
Double Faults	0	0	0	1	1
1st in	31/44	29/42	41/59	47/70	148/215
% 1st in	70%	69%	69%	67%	69%
1st pts	28/31	22/29	31/41	41/47	122/148
% 1st pts	90%	76%	76%	87%	82%
2nd pts	9/13	7/13	11/18	16/23	43/67
% 2nd pts	69%	54%	61%	70%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	5	3	5	16
Converted	3/11	5/8	3/5	5/12	16/36
Converted %	27%	63%	60%	42%	44%
Conceded	2	1	4	1	8
Saved	2/2	0/1	3/4	1/1	6
Saved %	100%	0%	75%	100%	275%
Times Broken	0	1	1	0	2

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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