Alex De Minaur outlasts Andy Murray 6-3 5-7 7-6(6) in the 1st round in Beijing on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. De Minaur will engage against Daniil Medvedev in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.
Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Andy Murray China Open – Beijing
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:51
At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 111 points vs. the Brit’s 97.
De Minaur
De Minaur served very well to win 77% of the points (46/60) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (29/47) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.
Murray
On the other side, Murray was battling in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between De Minaur and Murray is 5-0 for Alex.
Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats
De Minaur will square off with Medvedev in the 2nd round.
This will be the 8th time that Alex De Minaur and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 5-2 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Medvedev won 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in New York back in September 2023.
Live score progression and stats
De Minaur started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Andy Murray in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for De Minaur to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Alex converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 54 points. De Minaur conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Andy (31-23). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (21-4). In addition, on the other side, the Brit conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Murray won the set after he broke Alex in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Alex tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, Andy didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-5.
The Brit failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.
Murray was perfect in converting all his break points in the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A), the 11th (5-5 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 30-40).
They contested 70 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Brit won this set even if he scored less points 2 than De Minaur (34-36). The Brit surrendered 17 points on serve (25-17). On the losing side, Alex conceded 9 points on serve (19-9).
Alex conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Alex broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that he won 8-6.
Tiebreak
Alex won 4 minibreaks in the 5th (3-2), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Murray won 2 minibreaks in the 10th (5-5) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 15-40). Alex saved 1 set point when he was trailing 5-6. On the other side, Murray converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 84 points. Alex won 4 points more than the Brit (44-40). De Minaur surrendered 19 points on serve (34-19). Regarding the other side of the net, Murray conceded 10 points on serve (21-10).
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