Taro Daniel shocks Alexander Zverev 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in Miami on Friday after playing a solid match to face off with Emil Ruusuvuori in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniel added to his prize money $ 24,885 after winning this match. He has already won $ 55,770 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Japanese will add $ 41,185 to his earnings to get in total $ 96,955 in total.
Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Alexander Zverev Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Daniel scored 57 points vs. Zverev’s 35.
Daniel
Daniel served extremely well to win 79% of the points (23/29) behind his first serve, and he won 68% points (13/19) on his second serve. Taro was pretty good at converting 57% of the break points that he procured (4/7).
Zverev
On the other side, the German wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Daniel and Zverev is 1-0 for Taro.
Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Emil Ruusuvuori – stats
Daniel will fight against Ruusuvuori in the 3rd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Emil Ruusuvuori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
This set was a no-contest as Daniel conceded no games to Zverev before winning the set 6-0.
Taro converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 30-40), the 5th (4-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (6–1 30-40). On the other side, Daniel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Japanese was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Alexander (31-21). The Japanese surrendered 10 points on serve (16-10). On the losing side, Alexander conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that the Japanese snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Taro was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (2-2 0-40). On the other side, Daniel didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. The Japanese conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the German (26-14). Taro was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). Regarding the other side of the net, the German conceded 6 points on serve (12-6).
Tennis Scores in Miami
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- Taro DanielDaniel – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (4-6 7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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