Khachanov prevails over Mcdonald in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR EXXONMOBIL OPEN - DOHA RESULTS. Khachanov conquers Mcdonald to compete against David Goffin or Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

Karen Khachanov tops Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Doha on Monday. Khachanov will fight against David Goffin or Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Khachanov's Record

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Khachanov
Mcdonald
Karen Khachanov
7-63 6-3
1h:25
Mackenzie Mcdonald
70
70
Total points
56
56
40
40
Winners
29
29
57%
57%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
77%
77%
1st in
68%
68%
82%
82%
1st won
69%
69%
40/49
40/49
1st won
29/42
29/42
60%
60%
2nd won
60%
60%
9/15
9/15
2nd won
12/20
12/20
-- Break Points --
2/2
2/2
Total
0/3
0/3
100%
100%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Russian scored 70 points vs. the American’s 56.

Khachanov

Khachanov served pretty well to win 82% of the points (40/49) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (9/15) on his second serve. Karen was great in converting all the break points (2/2).

Mcdonald

On the other side, Mcdonald wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Khachanov and Mcdonald is 3-0 for Karen.

Draw and next match H2H: Karen Khachanov vs. David Goffin or Emil Ruusuvuori – stats

Khachanov will square off with either David Goffin or Emil Ruusuvuori in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-4 vs. David Goffin and 1-0 vs. Emil Ruusuvuori.Karen Khachanov Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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KhachanovMcdonald
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0
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Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, the Russian won the breaker at 7-3.

Tiebreak

Karen won 2 minibreaks in the 7th (4-3) and 10th (7-3) point.

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

They contested 71 points. Karen won 5 more points than Mcdonald (38-33). Khachanov dropped 7 points on serve (32-7). In addition, on the other side, Mcdonald conceded 6 points on serve (26-6).

2nd Set -
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Khachanov won the set after he broke the American in the 5th (3-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game.

Karen was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Mcdonald was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 55 points. Karen was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than the American (33-22). Karen lost 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, Mcdonald conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).

 

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