Stout Christopher O Connell survives Garin in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Shelton or Bautista Agut at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. O Connell outlasts Garin to play Ben Shelton or Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Cristian Garin

Christopher O Connell outlasts Cristian Garin 3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday after conquering a huge battle. O Connell is going to play against Ben Shelton or Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 21 minutes. His best achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

O Connell
Melbourne
O Connell's Record

O Connell added to his prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, O Connell will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Christopher O Connell vs. Cristian Garin Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Connell
Garin
Christopher O Connell
3-6 7-5 4-6
6-1 7-5
4h:21
Cristian Garin
167
167
Total points
154
154
73
73
Winners
55
55
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
56
56
Unforced
68
68
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
25/36
25/36
Net Approaches
33/59
33/59
69%
69%
Perc
56%
56%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
13
13
5
5
Double Faults
10
10
56%
56%
1st in
55%
55%
75%
75%
1st won
67%
67%
73/97
73/97
1st won
55/82
55/82
43%
43%
2nd won
48%
48%
33/76
33/76
2nd won
32/66
32/66
207
207
Fastest serve
213
213
188
188
AVG 1st Serve
187
187
148
148
AVG 2nd Serve
155
155
-- Break Points --
7/11
7/11
Total
5/17
5/17
64%
64%
Won
29%
29%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 167 points vs. the Chilean’s 154.

O Connell

O Connell served extremely well to win 75% of the points (73/97) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 43% points (33/76) on his second serve. Christopher struck 18 aces and he committed 5 double faults. Christopher was pretty focused in converting 64% of the break points that he procured (7/11).

Garin

On the other side, the Chilean was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 29% – 5/17). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Garin is 1-2 for Christian.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Ben Shelton or Roberto Bautista Agut – stats

O Connell will compete against either Ben Shelton or Roberto Bautista Agut in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Ben Shelton and 1-0 vs. Roberto Bautista Agut.Christopher O Connell Draw info

1st
Connell
Garin
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Connell
Garin
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
3rd
Connell
Garin
4-6
4
6
4
5
3
5
3
4
2
4
2
3
1
3
1
2
0
2
0
1
4th
Connell
Garin
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
5th
Connell
Garin
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
 

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