Michael Mmoh wins against Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Houston on Tuesday. Mmoh is going to play against Max Purcell in the 2nd round. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. This run will match his best achievement in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.
Michael 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, Michael will add $ 8,385 to his earnings to get in total $ 19,995 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 80 points vs. Juan Pablo’s 65.
Mmoh
The American fired 10 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Michael won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 30% (3/10) of the procured opportunities.
Varillas
On the other side, Varillas wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Mmoh and Varillas is 1-0 for Michael.
Draw and next match H2H: Michael Mmoh vs. Max Purcell – stats
Mmoh will take on Purcell in the 2nd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Michael Mmoh and Max Purcell play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Mmoh and Purcell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Purcell won 7-5 1-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Aptos Challenger back in 2019.
Live score progression and stats
Mmoh in this set played at a much higher level than the Peruvian and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking the Peruvian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
A defining moment of this set was when Michael won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to bring the game count from 0-1 to 5-1.
Mmoh converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 4th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Peruvian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 50 points. The American was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than Varillas (29-21). Michael conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the court, Varillas conceded 11 points on serve (15-11).
Mmoh won the set after he broke Juan Pablo in the 5th (3-2) game. The Peruvian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. Anyhow, Mmoh didn’t blink to finally clinch the set at the following breaker at 4.
The American wasted a good opportunity to break the Peruvian in the 7th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
Tiebreak
Michael won 5 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 5th (3-2), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Varillas won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (3-3) and 10th (4-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Michael converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Juan Pablo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They played 95 points. The American conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Juan Pablo (50-45). The American dropped 21 points on serve (28-21). on the other side of the court, the Peruvian conceded 22 points on serve (24-22).
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