Andy Murray victorious over Taro Daniel 1-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Friday. Murray will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Alexander Bublik in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 58 minutes. His best result in this event was reaching the final in 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.

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The Brit added to his prize money $ 12,555 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 30,130 after this win. If he wins the next match, Andy will add $ 24,270 to his earnings to get in total $ 54,400 in total.

Highlights Andy Murray vs. Taro Daniel BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Murray
Daniel
1-6 6-2 6-4
1h:58
62
62
Total points
72
72
25
25
Winners
34
34
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
63%
63%
1st in
63%
63%
63%
63%
1st won
76%
76%
25/40
25/40
1st won
34/45
34/45
35%
35%
2nd won
31%
31%
8/23
8/23
2nd won
8/26
8/26
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
4/5
4/5
42%
42%
Won
80%
80%
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The Brit won this match even if he conquered less points than Daniel (62 vs. 72).

Murray

The Brit won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Daniel

On the other side, the Japanese was well focused in converting 80% of the break points that he procured points (4/5). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this contest, the head to head between Murray and Daniel is 3-1 for Andy.

Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Alexander Bublik – stats

Murray will come up against Bublik in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Andy Murray and Alexander Bublik clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Murray won 7-66 6-4 in the 1st round in Rotterdam back in February 2022.

Live score progression and stats

Taro was too strong to concede only 1 game before breaking Andy 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

Andy was eclipsed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Taro was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 0-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Andy was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 36 points. The Japanese won 18 more points than Murray (27-9). The Japanese conceded 5 points on serve (17-5). On the losing side, Andy conceded 10 points on serve (4-10).

Murray overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Taro Daniel in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Brit to win the set because the Japanese succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) game. Murray maintained his cool to break Daniel in the 8th (6-2) game.

An important stage of this set was when the Brit won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Andy converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (3-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40). On the other side, the Japanese was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (1-5 0-40).

They played 43 points. Murray was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the Japanese (26-17). The Brit lost 8 points on serve (12-8). In addition, on the other side, Daniel conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).

Murray had a head start at the beginning of the set to break Taro Daniel in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, the Brit succeeded in coming back to break Daniel in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

The Brit converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Taro converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They played 55 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Brit won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Taro (27-28). Andy conceded 12 points on serve (17-12). On the losing side, Daniel conceded 10 points on serve (16-10).

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