Nick Kyrgios shocks Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Houston on Tuesday. Kyrgios will try to keep the momentum against Tommy Paul in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Kyrgios's Record

The Australian added to his prize money $ 4,060 after winning this match. He has won already $ 10,440 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 7,545 to his earnings to get in total $ 17,985 in total.

Highlights Nick Kyrgios vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kyrgios
Mcdonald
4-6 6-3 6-4
1h:52
94
94
Total points
88
88
46
46
Winners
45
45
49%
49%
Ratio Winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
11
11
6
6
Double Faults
3
3
62%
62%
1st in
71%
71%
81%
81%
1st won
70%
70%
46/57
46/57
1st won
45/64
45/64
49%
49%
2nd won
54%
54%
17/35
17/35
2nd won
14/26
14/26
-- Break Points --
2/11
2/11
Total
1/4
1/4
18%
18%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, Nick scored 94 points vs. the American’s 88.

Kyrgios

The Australian served extremely well to win 81% of the points (46/57) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 49% points (17/35) on his second serve. The Australian blasted 18 aces and he committed 6 double faults. The Australian won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points since he converted only 18% (2/11) of the procured opportunities.

Mcdonald

On the other side, Mcdonald was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between Kyrgios and Mcdonald is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Nick Kyrgios vs. Tommy Paul – stats

Kyrgios will play Paul in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Nick Kyrgios and Tommy Paul since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Mcdonald snatched in the 5th game (3-2) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

They contested 56 points. Mackenzie was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than the Australian (31-25). Mcdonald dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). In addition, on the other side, Nick conceded 9 points on serve (18-9).

Similarly to the 1st set, both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nick clinched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

They contested 69 points. Nick was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Mcdonald (38-31). Kyrgios dropped 13 points on serve (26-13). on the other side of the court, Mackenzie conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

Kyrgios didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Mackenzie Mcdonald in the 1st game (1-0). That break was sufficient for Kyrgios to win the set (6-4) since there were no other breaks anymore.

The Australian converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4

break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Nick didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 57 points. Kyrgios was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Mackenzie (32-25). Nick lost 6 points on serve (20-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Mackenzie conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).

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