Andy Murray aces Nick Kyrgios 7-6(5) 6-2 in the semifinal in Stuttgart on Saturday. Murray will fight against Matteo Berrettini in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Nick Kyrgios Mercedes Cup – Stuttgart
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 69 points vs. the Australian’s 58.
Murray
Andy served extremely well to win 85% of the points (34/40) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (14/26) on his second serve. Andy didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (2/3).
Kyrgios
On the other side, Kyrgios wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Murray and Kyrgios is 6-1 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Murray will take on Berrettini in the final.
This will be the 3rd time that Andy Murray and Matteo Berrettini clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Murray and Berrettini (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
Live score progression and stats
The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Brit won the breaker at 7-5.
Tiebreak
The Brit won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 10th (6-4) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Kyrgios won a minibreak in the 5th (2-3) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 7-5
Murray wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Nick was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 87 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Brit won this set even if he scored less points 5 than Kyrgios (41-46). Andy conceded 15 points on serve (31-15). on the other side of the net, Kyrgios conceded 10 points on serve (31-10).
Murray had a favorable start in this set after breaking Nick Kyrgios in the 1st game (1-0). Murray managed to boost his lead after breaking the Australian in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Oscar OtteOtte (7-67 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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