Michael Mmoh surprises Max Purcell 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Houston on Thursday. Mmoh will play against Tomas Martin Etcheverry in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 34 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this competition. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Michael added to his prize money $ 8,385 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Mmoh will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Michael Mmoh vs. Max Purcell US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:34
At the end of the match, Michael scored 69 points vs. the Australian’s 51.
Mmoh
Michael served pretty well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (10/16) on his second serve. Mmoh didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).
Purcell
On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this encounter, the head to head between Mmoh and Purcell is 2-1 for Michael.
Draw and next match H2H: Michael Mmoh vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry – stats
Mmoh will compete against Martin Etcheverry in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Michael Mmoh and Tomas Martin Etcheverry face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Mmoh and Martin Etcheverry (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Michael in this set was more solid than Purcell and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Max in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Max was outplayed in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Mmoh converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Michael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. Mmoh was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Australian (30-22). Michael was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Purcell conceded 14 points on serve (18-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Michael conquered in the 11th game (6-5) before eventually winning the set (7-5).
The American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 40-A).
They contested 68 points. Mmoh was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Purcell (39-29). Mmoh lost 9 points on serve (26-9). In addition, on the other side, Purcell conceded 13 points on serve (20-13).
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (4-6 7-61 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 6-74 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (1-0) – H2H details and stats
