Max Purcell tops Valkusz in the 1st round to battle vs Ruud. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Purcell bests Valkusz to compete against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Mate Valkusz

Max Purcell ousts Mate Valkusz 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Purcell will square off with Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 52 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this event. Previously, the best he could do was reach the 1st round in 2020 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.

Purcell
Melbourne
Purcell's Record

Purcell 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, Max will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Max Purcell vs. Mate Valkusz Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Purcell
Valkusz
Max Purcell
3-6 7-62 6-4
7-5
2h:52
Mate Valkusz
139
139
Total points
132
132
61
61
Winners
66
66
44%
44%
Ratio Winners
50%
50%
38
38
Unforced
47
47
45%
45%
Ratio Unforced
55%
55%
21/31
21/31
Net Approaches
28/40
28/40
68%
68%
Perc
70%
70%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
9
9
3
3
Double Faults
11
11
60%
60%
1st in
66%
66%
75%
75%
1st won
74%
74%
61/81
61/81
1st won
66/89
66/89
55%
55%
2nd won
46%
46%
30/55
30/55
2nd won
21/46
21/46
209
209
Fastest serve
205
205
189
189
AVG 1st Serve
189
189
162
162
AVG 2nd Serve
166
166
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
Total
4/10
4/10
38%
38%
Won
40%
40%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Max scored 139 points vs. the Hungarian’s 132.

Purcell

The Australian served extremely well to win 75% of the points (61/81) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (30/55) on his second serve. The Australian struck 17 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Max won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 38% (5/13) of the procured opportunities.

Valkusz

On the other side, Mate was not so effective in converting his break points (only 40% – 4/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Purcell and Valkusz is 1-0 for Max.

Draw and next match H2H: Max Purcell vs. Casper Ruud – stats

Purcell will take on Ruud in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Purcell and Ruud (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ruud won 7-65 7-5 in the qualifications in New York back in 2018.

Max Purcell Draw info

1st
Purcell
Valkusz
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Purcell
Valkusz
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Purcell
Valkusz
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
4th
Purcell
Valkusz
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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