Taro Daniel overcomes Alexandre Muller 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 in the quarter in Auckland on Thursday. Daniel will face off with Ben Shelton in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 39 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
Daniel added to his prize money $ 14,515 after winning this match. He has already won $ 34,510 till now in this competition. If he wins the next match, Daniel will add $ 24,195 to his earnings to get in total $ 58,705.
Highlights Taro Daniel vs. Alexandre Muller ASB Classic – Auckland
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:39
At the end of the match, the Japanese scored 108 points vs. Muller’s 96.
Daniel
Daniel was sharp when converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).
Muller
On the other side, Muller was not so effective in converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Daniel and Muller is 1-0 for Taro.
Draw and next match H2H: Taro Daniel vs. Ben Shelton – stats
Daniel will square off with Shelton in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Taro Daniel and Ben Shelton face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Cameron NorrieNorrie (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-73 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-62 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
