Max Purcell hustles Alex Michelsen 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4 in the 1st round in Houston on Tuesday. Purcell is going to play against Michael Mmoh in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Australian 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. Alex Michelsen US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:48
At the end of the match, Purcell scored 116 points vs. Alex’s 108.
Purcell
Max served extremely well to win 77% of the points (34/44) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (37/61) on his second serve. The Australian won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.
Michelsen
On the other side, the American was struggling when converting his break points (only 29% – 2/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Purcell and Michelsen is 1-0 for Max.
Draw and next match H2H: Max Purcell vs. Michael Mmoh – stats
Purcell will fight against Mmoh in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Michael Mmoh square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Purcell and Mmoh (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Mmoh won 6-3 6-2 in the quarter in Savannah Challenger back in 2018.
Live score progression and stats
Purcell started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alex Michelsen in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nevertheless, Purcell managed to stage a great comeback to break the American in the 9th (4-5) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Alex was completely wiped out in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 2-5 to 7-5.
Purcell converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (3-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 11th (5-5 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Michelsen converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (3-1 0-40 and 15-40).
They played 96 points. This set was so close that, The Australian won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. The Australian conceded 13 points on serve (21-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Alex conceded 27 points on serve (35-27).
Michelsen won the set after he broke Max in the 4th (3-1) game. Max tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Notwithstanding, Alex managed to stay calm and finish the job to win the set 7-6.
The American was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-1 40-A and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (1-3 0-40).
They contested 82 points. It’s worth to point out that, Michelsen won this set even if he scored less points 4 than the Australian (39-43). Michelsen conceded 7 points on serve (16-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 23 points on serve (36-23).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Purcell conquered in the 10th game (6-4).
The Australian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40). On the other side, Purcell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 46 points. Max was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Michelsen (26-20). The Australian was unchallenged on serve to concede barely 1 point during his serving games (16-1). on the other side of the net, Alex conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
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