Taro Daniel topples Murray in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Daniel tops Murray to fight against Jannik Sinner in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Andy Murray

Taro Daniel bests Andy Murray 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Daniel will try to keep the momentum against Jannik Sinner in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Daniel
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Daniel's Record

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

Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Andy Murray Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Daniel
Murray
Taro Daniel
6-4 6-4 6-4
2h:48
Andy Murray
114
114
Total points
92
92
45
45
Winners
44
44
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
21
21
Unforced
49
49
30%
30%
Ratio Unforced
70%
70%
20/25
20/25
Net Approaches
22/34
22/34
80%
80%
Perc
65%
65%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
7
7
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
58%
58%
1st in
62%
62%
79%
79%
1st won
66%
66%
45/57
45/57
1st won
44/67
44/67
51%
51%
2nd won
39%
39%
21/41
21/41
2nd won
16/41
16/41
212
212
Fastest serve
206
206
183
183
AVG 1st Serve
188
188
149
149
AVG 2nd Serve
147
147
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
Total
2/11
2/11
50%
50%
Won
18%
18%
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At the end of the match, Daniel scored 114 points vs. Murray’s 92.

Daniel

The Japanese served extremely well to win 79% of the points (45/57) behind his first serve, and he won 51% points (21/41) on his second serve. Daniel fired 12 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Taro was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (5/10).

Murray

On the other side, the Brit was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 18% – 2/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Daniel and Murray is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Jannik Sinner – stats

Daniel will square off with Sinner in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Jannik Sinner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Taro Daniel Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Taro won the set after he broke Murray in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (4-3) game. The Brit tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Nevertheless, Taro kept the situation under control to win the set 6-4.

Taro converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Brit converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 67 points. Taro conquered the set after winning 7 more points than Murray (37-30). Daniel surrendered 9 points on serve (20-9). On the other side, Andy conceded 17 points on serve (21-17).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Taro grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Sinner got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andy Murray in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 2-0. Anyhow, Daniel was not done to come back to break Murray in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).

 

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