Andy Murray and Max Purcell will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andy Murray who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andy Murray is the pick to win this match.
Andy Murray -> 1.29
Max Purcell -> 3.6

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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Max Purcell

This will be the 2^nd time that Andy Murray and Max Purcell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Murray (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Murray won 4-6 6-2 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Newport back in 2022.

Highlights Andy Murray vs Max Purcell – Newport 13-July-2022

Andy Murray

Ranked no. 40, Murray got to the 2^nd round after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 7-6³ 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-6³ 6-0). During the match, Murray scored 82 points vs Sonego’s 59. Andy was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Murray scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Andy Murray conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Murray put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Murray broke Sonego 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Murray has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 74% of his matches (331-118). 10-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Murray has a composed 147-61 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Aix En Provence Challenger where he beat Tommy Paul in the final 2-6 6-1 6-2 and the Surbiton Challenger where he overcame Jurij Rodionov in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Nottingham Challenger where he defeated Arthur Cazaux in the final 6-4 6-4.

The Brit has an aggregate 26-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Max Purcell

Ranked no. 78, Max got to the 2^nd round after defeating Peter Polansky 6-2 6-4, Brayden Schnur 6-2 6-1 and Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Auger-Aliassime (6-4 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 65 points vs Auger-Aliassime’s 50. Purcell was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Purcell recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Max Purcell was extremely efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Auger-Aliassime twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.

Max has an aggregate 42-16 win-loss record in 2023, 36-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Murray	Purcell
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	19	53
Pts	82-59	190-133
Total Points	141	323
Winners	31	70
%Winners	38%	37%

Murray played 1 match while Purcell competed in 3 matches. Purcell started his run from the qualifications while Murray had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Murray has played 4 set(s) less than Purcell (2 vs 6). Therefore, Murray played 34 games less than Purcell. The Brit scored 31 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 70 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Murray	Purcell
Aces	1	25
Avg per match	1	8.3
1st in	44/71	83/145
%1st in	62%	57%
1st pts	31/44	70/83
%1st pts	70%	84%
2nd pts	18/27	37/62
%2nd pts	67%	60%

Murray managed to score 1 ace . Purcell also scored 25 aces (8.3 per match). Murray won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Murray	Purcell
Won	3	11
Converted	3/6	11/20
% Converted	50%	55%
Conceded	3	5
Saved	3	4
% Saved	100%	80%
Times Broken	0	1

Andy broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Murray
	R1 Sonego	Total
Score	7-63 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	82-59	82-59
Total points	141	141
Winners	31	31
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	44/71	44/71
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	31/44	31/44
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	18/27	18/27
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Purcell
	Q1 Polansky	Q3 Schnur	R1 Auger-Aliassime	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	15	20	53
pts	66-45	59-38	65-50	190-133
Total points	111	97	115	323
Winners	21	21	28	70
%Winners	32%	36%	43%	37%
SERVE
Aces	10	7	8	25
Double Faults	2	2	1	5
1st in	25/46	27/49	31/50	83/145
% 1st in	54%	55%	62%	57%
1st pts	21/25	21/27	28/31	70/83
% 1st pts	84%	78%	90%	84%
2nd pts	13/21	12/22	12/19	37/62
% 2nd pts	62%	55%	63%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	5	2	11
Converted	4/7	5/9	2/4	11/20
Converted %	57%	56%	50%	55%
Conceded	1	4	0	5
Saved	0/1	4/4	0/0	4
Saved %	0%	100%	–	100%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

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