O Connell shocks Schwartzman in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. O Connell shocks Schwartzman to fight against Maxime Cressy in the 3rd round

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman

Christopher O Connell stuns Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 7-6(6) 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. O Connell will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Maxime Cressy in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 7 minutes. This will be his best result in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

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O Connell's Record

The Australian added to his prize money $ 40,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, O Connell will add $ 120,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 300,000 in total.

Highlights Christopher O Connell vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Australian Open – Melbourne

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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 126 points vs. Schwartzman’s 112.

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Christopher served extremely well to win 75% of the points (54/72) behind his first serve. Notwithstanding he won only 44% points (22/50) on his second serve. O Connell won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

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On the other side, the Argentine was struggling when converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Schwartzman is 1-0 for Christopher.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Maxime Cressy – stats

O Connell will square off with Cressy in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Maxime Cressy since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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O Connell clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, O Connell broke back in the 10th (5-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 8-6.

Tiebreak

The Australian won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (3-3), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Schwartzman won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1), 9th (5-4) and 12th (6-6) point.

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

The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A and 40-A). O Connell saved 1 set point when he was trailing 4-5. In addition on the other side, Diego converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 111 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Australian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Diego (55-56). O Connell conceded 26 points on serve (34-26). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 21 points on serve (30-21).

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The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian snatched in the 9th game (5-4) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 0-40). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. O Connell conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Argentine (31-23). O Connell conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, the Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).

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The Australian won the set after he broke Schwartzman in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (5-4) game. The Argentine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, O Connell managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 6-4.

O Connell converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Diego converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (3-4 40-A and 40-A).

They played 73 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Argentine (40-33). Christopher conceded 14 points on serve (22-14). on the other side of the net, Schwartzman conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).

 

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