Andy Murray conquers Alexander Bublik 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Stuttgart on Thursday. Murray will face off with Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Alexander Bublik Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 78 points vs. the Kazakhstani’s 65.
Murray
Murray was sharp when converting 60% of the break points that he procured (3/5).
Bublik
On the other side, Alexander had a tough time converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Murray and Bublik is 3-1 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas – stats
Murray will fight against Tsitsipas in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Andy Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Murray clinched in the 6th game (4-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
They contested 49 points. Murray was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Alexander (29-20). The Brit dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). On the other side, Bublik conceded 9 points on serve (13-9).
The Brit won the set after he broke Bublik in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Kazakhstani tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (2-4) game. Nevertheless, Andy didn’t make any concession anymore to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Nonetheless also Alexander won 4 consecutive games from 1-2 to 5-2
Tiebreak
Andy won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
Andy converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th
game (3-5 0-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Alexander converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had his opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 8th (5-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).They played 94 points. Andy won 4 points more than the Kazakhstani (49-45). The Brit conceded 21 points on serve (34-21). In addition, on the other side, the Kazakhstani conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).
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