Alex De Minaur gets the better of Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-6(6) 1-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rotterdam on Wednesday. De Minaur will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 28 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.
Alex added to his prize money € 14,130 after winning this match. He has won already € 38,875 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 18,850 to his earnings to get in total € 57,725 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Alex won this match even if he won less points than Mcdonald (97 vs. 98).
De Minaur
Alex was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Mcdonald
On the other side, Mcdonald didn’t lose the focus when converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (4/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Mcdonald is 3-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
De Minaur will fight against Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 10th time that Alex De Minaur and Stefanos Tsitsipas square off. The head to head is 8-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on I.hard.
Live score progression and stats
De Minaur had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Australian to win the set because the American succeeded in breaking back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Australian maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.
Tiebreak
Alex won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 10th (5-5), 11th (6-5) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (3-1) and 12th (6-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-5, 3-5, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Alex converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). The Australian saved 3 set points when he was 2-5, 3-5 and 4-5 down. Moreover, on the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A).
They played 93 points. Alex won 7 more points than Mackenzie (50-43). Alex conceded 16 points on serve (31-16). on the other side of the court, Mcdonald conceded 19 points on serve (27-19).
Tsitsipas started the set strong after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Mcdonald managed to boost his lead after breaking De Minaur in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Mackenzie was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Australian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st game (0-0 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 47 points. Mcdonald won 15 more points than De Minaur (31-16). The American conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Tsitsipas had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Alex found the way to come back to break Mcdonald in the 2nd (1-1) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
De Minaur was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Mcdonald converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They played 55 points. Alex won 7 more points than Mcdonald (31-24). Alex conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
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