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.

Washington
Ymer's Record

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

Ymer
Murray
7-68 4-6 6-1
2h:50
106
106
Total points
99
99
49
49
Winners
41
41
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
7
7
6
6
Double Faults
5
5
62%
62%
1st in
63%
63%
75%
75%
1st won
65%
65%
49/65
49/65
1st won
41/63
41/63
33%
33%
2nd won
41%
41%
13/40
13/40
2nd won
15/37
15/37
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
Total
5/7
5/7
67%
67%
Won
71%
71%
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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.

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1st Set -
Ymer HTML
YmerMurray
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0
0
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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).

2nd Set -
Ymer Not
Not
0
0
0
0

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).

3rd Set -
Ymer this
this
0
0
Found
0
0
0
0

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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