De Minaur bests Mcdonald in the 2nd round – ROTTERDAM RESULTS

Alex De Minaur gets the better of Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-6(6) 1-6 6-4 in the 2^nd 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 2^nd round in 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Rotterdam

De Minaur's Record

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

Minaur

Mcdonald

7-6⁶ 1-6 6-4
2h:28

97

97

Total points

98

98

36

36

Winners

34

34

37%

37%

Ratio Winners

35%

35%

-- Serve --

5

5

Aces

5

5

3

3

Double Faults

1

1

58%

58%

1st in

54%

54%

63%

63%

1st won

65%

65%

36/57

36/57

1st won

34/52

34/52

59%

59%

2nd won

58%

58%

24/41

24/41

2nd won

26/45

26/45

-- Break Points --

3/6

3/6

Total

4/7

4/7

50%

50%

Won

57%

57%

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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 10^th 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 2^nd 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 5^th (2-3) game. The Australian maintained his focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 6.

Tiebreak

Alex won 4 minibreaks in the 2^nd (1-1), 10^th (5-5), 11^th (6-5) and 14^th (8-6) point. On the other side, the American won 3 minibreaks in the 1^st (1-0), 4^th (3-1) and 12^th (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 2^nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12^th 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 5^th (1-3 15-40) and the 7^th 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 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Mcdonald managed to boost his lead after breaking De Minaur in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Mackenzie was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2^nd (1-0 40-A) and the 6^th game (4-1 15-40). In addition on the other side, the Australian was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1^st 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 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Alex found the way to come back to break Mcdonald in the 2^nd (1-1) gamein the 10^th 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 2^nd (1-1 15-40) and the 10^th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Mcdonald converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 40-A) and the 7^th 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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