Max Purcell ousts Kiranpal Pannu 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Auckland on Tuesday. Purcell will square off with Taro Daniel in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 27 minutes.
Max added to his prize money $ 4,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 11,610 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Highlights Max Purcell vs. Kiranpal Pannu ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Max scored 62 points vs. Pannu’s 49.
Purcell
Purcell served exceptionally well to win 94% of the points (29/31) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (13/20) on his second serve. Max struck 10 aces without committing any double fault. Max was pretty effective at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).
Pannu
On the other side, Pannu wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Purcell and Pannu is 1-0 for Max.
Draw and next match H2H: Max Purcell vs. Taro Daniel – stats
Purcell will come up against Daniel in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Taro Daniel square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Daniel won 6-3 4-3 ret. in the qualifications in Acapulco back in 2020.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Purcell grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).
Max was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 11th game (6-3 40-A). On the other side, Max didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 56 points. Purcell was the one to win the set after conquering 10 points more than Kiranpal (33-23). Max was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2). on the other side of the court, Pannu conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Purcell overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Kiranpal Pannu in the 2nd game (2-0). The Australian reinforced his lead after breaking Kiranpal before conquering the set (6-4).
Max was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Pannu was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40).
They contested 55 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Max won just 3 points more than Pannu (29-26). Max dropped 7 points on serve (22-7). On the losing side, Pannu conceded 7 points on serve (19-7).
Tennis Scores in Auckland
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- Max PurcellPurcell – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marcos GironGiron (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-76 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-5 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Borna GojoGojo (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Taro DanielDaniel – Max PurcellPurcell (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H details and stats