Andy Murray aces Alexandre Muller 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday. Murray will try to keep the momentum against Jiri Lehecka in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 4 minutes. The Brit won this tournament twice in 2008 and 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 30,215 after winning this match. He has already won $ 71,830 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Murray will add $ 50,345 to his earnings to get in total $ 122,175.
Highlights Andy Murray vs. Alexandre Muller Qatar ExxonMobil Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
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At the end of the match, Murray scored 91 points vs. Alexandre’s 62.
Murray
Murray served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (33/44) behind his first serve, and he won 73% points (16/22) on his second serve. Andy won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Muller
On the other side, Muller was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Murray and Muller is 1-0 for Andy.
Draw and next match H2H: Andy Murray vs. Jiri Lehecka – stats
Murray will square off with Lehecka in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andy was great in turning the match in the last 2 sets after losing the opener. In fact, he conceded only 3 games in the last 2 sets after winning 56 points vs. Lehecka’s 25 points.
Live score progression and stats
Murray started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alexandre Muller in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, the French player managed to stage a good comeback to break Murray in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game before winning the set (6-4).
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Muller won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the game count from 0-2 to 4-2.
Alexandre was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-2 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Brit was flawless in converting all his break points in the 2nd (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 72 points. This set was so close that, Muller won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Muller surrendered 15 points on serve (22-15). On the losing side, the Brit conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).
Murray had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Alexandre Muller in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Brit improved his lead after breaking Muller in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).
A crucial moment of this set was when Murray won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Murray converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Andy didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 43 points. Andy won 11 points more than the French player (27-16). Andy was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, Alexandre conceded 15 points on serve (14-15).
Murray in this set was too strong for Alexandre and finally he won 6-2 after breaking Muller in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Brit won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Murray converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Murray didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 38 points. Murray won 18 more points than Muller (28-10). Andy was unchallenged on serve to concede just 1 point during his serving games (16-1). Regarding the other side of the net, Muller conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 4-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Andrey RublevRublev (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alexandre MullerMuller (4-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (5-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H details and stats
