Mikael Ymer shocks Andy Murray 7-6(8) 4-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Washington on Monday. Ymer will fight against Aslan Karatsev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 50 minutes.
Ymer added to his prize money $ 6,660 after winning this match. He has won already $ 14,280 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mikael will add $ 11,815 to his earnings to get in total $ 26,095 in total.
Highlights Mikael Ymer vs. Andy Murray Citi Open – Washington
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Swede scored 106 points vs. the Brit’s 99.
Ymer
The Swede served extremely well to win 75% of the points (49/65) behind his first serve. However he won only 33% points (13/40) on his second serve. The Swede was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (6/9).
Murray
On the other side, Murray didn’t lose the focus when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered points (5/7). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Ymer and Murray is 1-0 for Mikael.
Draw and next match H2H: Mikael Ymer vs. Aslan Karatsev – stats
Ymer will fight against Karatsev
in the 2nd round.This will be the 2nd time that Mikael Ymer and Aslan Karatsev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Ymer had a favorable start in this set after breaking Andy Murray in the 1st game (1-0). However, that wasn’t sufficient for Mikael to win the set as Andy found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Swede maintained his cool before winning the set at the tiebreak at 8.
Tiebreak
The Swede won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 12th (6-6), 17th (9-8) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Brit won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 10th (6-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
Mikael converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 2nd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (3-3 40-A). The Swede saved 4 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6 and 6-7 down. Furthermore, on the other side, Andy converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 0-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A).
They contested 97 points. It’s worth to point out that, Ymer won this set even if he scored less points 1 than the Brit (48-49). The Swede surrendered 19 points on serve (29-19). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 19 points on serve (30-19).
The Brit clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Andy broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Andy won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 1-3
to 5-3.The Brit was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40). On the other side, the Swede was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).
They played 60 points. Murray won 6 points more than Ymer (33-27). Murray dropped 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the net, the Swede conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).
Ymer started the set strong after breaking Andy Murray in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. However, that was not enough for the Swede to win the set because Murray found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. The Swede kept his focus to break Murray in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
One of the most important stints of the set was when the Swede won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
Ymer was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 40-A). On the other side, Andy converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th game (0-4 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 48 points. The Swede won 14 more points than the Brit (31-17). Mikael conceded 10 points on serve (17-10). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).
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