Andy Murray wins against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Gijon on Tuesday. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes.
Murray added to his prize money € 4,175 after winning this match. He has won already € 10,740 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add € 7,755 to his earnings to get in total € 18,495 in total.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Gijon Open – Gijon
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Murray scored 69 points vs. Alejandro’s 55.
Murray
Murray served pretty well to win 75% of the points (27/36) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 48% points (15/31) on his second serve. Andy was effective when converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).
Davidovich Fokina
On the other side, the Spaniard was battling in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Murray and Davidovich Fokina is 1-0 for Andy.
Live score progression and stats
Murray had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 1st game (1-0). However, Murray succeeded in coming back to break the Spaniard in the 8th (4-4) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Andy converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-4 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 40-A) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40).
They contested 76 points. This set was so close that, Murray won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Brit lost 17 points on serve (25-17). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Murray had a strong start of this set after breaking Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, there was more to do for Murray to win the set as the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 7th (2-5) game. The Brit maintained his cool to break the Spaniard in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
Andy converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). In addition on the other side, Alejandro converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 48 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Davidovich Fokina (31-17). The Brit surrendered 8 points on serve (17-8). on the other side of the court, Davidovich Fokina conceded 14 points on serve (9-14).
Tennis Scores in Gijon
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Fabio FogniniFognini (4-6 6-0 2-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 6-75 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (1-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-65 4-4 ret.) – Stats and score progression
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Joao SousaSousa (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
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