Andy Murray outlasts Christopher O Connell 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in Dubai on Monday after conquering a huge battle. Murray will square off with Jannik Sinner or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes. The Brit won this tournament once in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Murray's Record

Murray added to his prize money $ 19,075 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 40,875 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 35,695 to his earnings to get in total $ 76,570 in total.

Highlights Andy Murray vs. Christopher O Connell Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships – Dubai

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Murray
Connell
6-74 6-3 7-5
2h:51
114
114
Total points
102
102
48
48
Winners
46
46
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
2
2
4
4
Double Faults
0
0
58%
58%
1st in
67%
67%
74%
74%
1st won
66%
66%
48/65
48/65
1st won
46/70
46/70
62%
62%
2nd won
62%
62%
29/47
29/47
2nd won
21/34
21/34
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
1/8
1/8
40%
40%
Won
13%
13%
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At the end of the match, Andy scored 114 points vs. O Connell’s 102.

Murray

The Brit struck 11 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Murray won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Jannik Sinner or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – stats

Murray will face either Jannik Sinner or Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd round. The head to head is 1-0 vs. Jannik Sinner and 0-0 vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Live score progression and stats

The Australian won the set after he broke Murray in the 9th (5-4) game. Murray tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Notwithstanding, Christopher kept the situation under control to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.

Christopher failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4 to be broken at 30.

Tiebreak

Christopher won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Brit won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1) and 3rd (2-1) point.

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

O Connell was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-2 40-A) and the 8th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, the Brit was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (4-5 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 88 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Brit (46-42). The Australian dropped 15 points on serve (31-15). on the other side of the net, Murray conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).

Murray had a racing start in this set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 1st

game (1-0). Murray improved his lead after breaking Christopher in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.

The Brit was perfect in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). On the other side, O Connell wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).

They played 48 points. Murray won 10 more points than Christopher (29-19). Andy lost 5 points on serve (18-5). on the other side of the court, O Connell conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Andy conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

They played 80 points. Murray conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Christopher (44-36). The Brit lost 14 points on serve (33-14). Regarding the other side of the net, O Connell conceded 11 points on serve (22-11).

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